gonzer the scenario I found that worked for me was the compost pile. The friend I got the plant from grows it in a tree basket and it doesnt have the rot but brown spotted foliage seems to be part of growing it and Ae. Ensign also

Aec Friederike I have no experience of, but my Ae Ensign is growing beautiful - not a spot on the leaves. When I got it from Lyn she said I must not pot it up, it will rot, but mount it. It had a long piece of the stolon on which it grew from mother, still attached, so I just used nails and nail it right through the stolon with 2 nails onto a piece of old railway sleeper. I did post a picture from that plant some time ago. Japie

Ensign was beautiful until it aged and formed a pup ,,then it got ugly...pup is beautful

Hi gonzer,
I've had 'Frederike' twice over 10 years,having bought one from a local nursery,and the other from a Home Depot.
Both were plants already in low bloom,and did nicely until they went the way of all bloomed plants. One did offset,and did poorly at my house,slow growth,and strappy leaves.So I took it to the BBG to see if it would improve. It did,and within 2 years the pup,now mature,bloomed there.I think I posted a pic of it some time this past year. I'd say this is a touchy plant to home grow,and the only ones I've seen are grown by the major wholesalers under ideal conditions,that end up in the name chain stores.Never had a variegated one tho. Thats it for my part,
Bob

Well, heck! There's always one in the collection that gives you problems. Here's one of mine with it's contorted look. The albo-marginated is an off-set growing directly from the old plant, it'd be comfy in a 4" pot.

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