How old or big does it has to be to start flowering?
What does it need, like temperatures in summer & winter etc.pp.?
I have read in the internet:
Hardiness: Winter minimum temperature is 5ºC (41°F) but better at 8ºC (46°F). The leaves easily drop off in cool conditions.
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... _wallichii; temperature in F added
The vendor at a succulent fair said:Tylecodon wallichii blooms in summer with pretty tubular yellow flowers on longish stems. Like other tylecodons it is summer deciduous and goes dormant in the hottest weather.
https://shop.cacti.com/landscape-succul ... wallichii/
Winter grower, needs a bright spot in the living room (all year round). Stable position (!!!) and move as little as possible.
Noted analogously & translated by me.
Does that mean that the plants are summer dormant but flower during summer...? Do they actually need a cool winter to thrive & to flower...? Would 8°C / 46°F be best?I have either a cool stairwell with usually around 14°C / 57°F which would be a pity as I wouldn't see much of the plant. Besides, there would definitely not be enough light for this light greedy creature.
Or I can offer an unheated, south-facing bedroom which is not really that cool because of the sun.
As the vendor claimed you mustn't move or even turn the container of this plant I didn't, so now my plant has grown very "hunchbacked". But switching climates does mean to move the container! BTW: Is it true that they grow a caudex? On repotting I haven't seen anything like that. The plant is something like 20cm / 8in long by now.Does someone grow a T.wallichii in a container which flowers? I would appreciate some insights.
Thank you!
Nachtkrabb
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- This is how the plant looked when it came to me in autumn 2009. Don't have a pic of this year, sorry.
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