fascicularia

[Mr List]

i got one of these from hampsons plant world.
it doesn't have the full name, i think it might be the less hardy one.

can i grow this as an air plant, mounted somewhere with some moss etc..?

[Yorkshire Kris]

I couldn't tell which one it is either but good value.

[Mr List]

seems they like to be very well drained and dry from what i have read and my garden is a damp garden.

if i can grow it air plant style i think it will last longer.

[Yorkshire Kris]

seems they like to be very well drained and dry from what i have read and my garden is a damp garden.

if i can grow it air plant style i think it will last longer.

Plant it in a gutter on your house

[Mr List]

[Yorkshire Kris]

Like this http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r4Klv8u2tgU/T ... icolor.jpg

[Leigh]

Is that pic from Chris Lloyd's garden at Dixter? ?

[Yorkshire Kris]

Is that pic from Chris Lloyd's garden at Dixter? ?

I think it is, very similar if not.

[JoelR]

If you post a pic Ken, might be able to tell you which species/subspecies. I've got some of both. The one that used to be called F. pitcairnifolia flowered through January in a dark corner of my conservatory. A plant of the hardy version only just came back from the 2010 winter and still isn't back to the plant it was. Being a terrestrial brom, I think it benefits from having it's roots in very well drained ground. I dug mine up and replanted it on top of a good quantity of 20mm gravel and it's done better since.

[Mr List]

i'm going to get some moss and stick it up along a fence.
will look nice for a year as bedding at worst.

[GREVILLE]

I keep some growing on the trunk of my Trachycarpus. Occasionally it's too cold for them and some die but the big clump in the ground growing against the house wall never gets damaged and always gives me replacements.

[Mr List]

what exactly do you do with the ones on the Trachycarpus trunk?

[GREVILLE]

what exactly do you do with the ones on the Trachycarpus trunk?

I put a little moss, sharp sand and composted bark mix behind the fibres where the petiole has been cut and insert a division inside. I'll usually tie it in with green twine and occasionally top the rosettes with a little rain water when dry.

I've also done this with Astelia and Bilbergia.