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westoh

Den unicum

15 years ago

1st time purchase, got a 3 cane plant mounted on a small piece of cedar shingle in mid-February. All canes had leaves at the time of purchase. Largest cane (2.5"-3") lost it's 2 leaves @ 1 week after I brought it home, but all 3 canes still look plump and healthy. Noticed late last week what appeared to be buds on the leafless cane (man were they tiny when I first spotted them), now a few days later they are definitely buds.

Grown under 2/65WCFLs, 65-77 degrees, misted daily and drenched once a week since it was purchased.

Can someone give advice on:

1. How to keep the buds from blasting (cool, warm, keep it the same?)

2. It appears to be growing buds/spikes? from what I call the 'joints' of the canes, are these single buds or spikes? Hard to tell right now, they are very small but look to be single buds.

3. On-going care for a mounted one? Does it need a winter rest? I've read both ways yes and no?, so I'm confused... Appears to be different between potted and mounted cultures.

Thanks,

Bob

Comments (3)

  • 15 years ago

    Bob, if mounted culture is different from potted, I'm clueless. The unicum is deciduous. Mine have no leaves through the winter.

    Yes, the buds start as tiny bumps right between the segments. (For some reason, this plant was mostly horizontal at the time.)

    If you look at the 2 longer canes, then at the one farther from the camera, then to the bottom, there's a tiny bud emerging.

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    A bump can turn out to be more than one flower, but it's not a spike per se.

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    I'd always heard to stop watering in fall and keep it dry till you saw buds emerging. This last winter, my small plant lost its tag, and I watered it w/ the Neos - nice soaking when sphag was bone dry. It's got quite a few buds starting.

    Hope this helps.

  • 15 years ago

    Thanks wc8...

    I believe what I've read was that potted needed a winter rest but that mounted should be watered year-round, maybe a little lighter in winter but still watered year-round. Watering consistently the last 7 weeks seems to have worked for me. When I received the plant, it was nice and plump so I assume it had been watered and the vendor indicated that it should be watered year-round also.

    I looked at mine closer last night and can see where there may be more than one bud per 'spike'. The buds do seem to grow very fast, you can really see some changes on a daily basis when they are that small.

    I have two canes that still have leaves, one appears to be starting to have it's leaves yellow, but not the other. Judging from the size of my canes, the newest/largest cane (2.5"-3") has the buds and the two older/smaller canes(1"-2") have the leaves.

    Just to be a PIA, my canes seem much more plump than those in your pics ;-)

    Thanks for the response,

    Bob

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  • 15 years ago

    Bob, your canes no doubt are fatter than those were. :) The plant hadn't been watered for about 5 months, plus I have a hard time watering often enough. Had I known what I know now, it would have gotten watered during the winter when it got bone dry. The canes on the unicum that had that watering routine this last winter are fat as a toad right now.

    Yes, it's fun to watch them change every day. Enjoy.

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