Re: Homalomena wallisii, Commercial Foliage Growers perspective

From: Denis denis at skg.com> on 2000.08.03 at 14:28:02(5217) Dear Geoff: I've tried several clones of the Homalomena wallissii. As beautiful as it is as a Foliage Plant when grown well, the range of environmental conditions in which it prefers to live is very narrow. If the temperatures went below 58 Degrees F. in the Winter it got burned patches in the middle of the leaves; if it got too hot in the Summer it got burned on the edges of the leaves. It liked 90% shade and did well under the benches. Since I grow Commercial foliage plants it was very hard to sell something whose foliage always had blemishes. After the plants had camped out on my benches for a year and a half I finally ended up throwing the remaining 200 plants in the rubbish heap. So what does this plant need to do well; High humidity, temperatures in the human comfort zone, a good, well drained organic soil mix not too wet, and moderate amounts of fertilizer. Maybe someone who is Hobbiest would give you a different perspective on this plant than I. Denis at Silver Krome Gardens Homestead Florida +More GeoffAroid@aol.com wrote: > > Hi All, > I would like to ask you all about Homalomena wallisii. > Can anyone out there in aroid land give me some information on their growing > conditions for this plant? I grow a lot of aroids and usually have no > problems, including other species of Homalomena. But this plant is beginning > to look very disgruntled, leaves turning brown at edges, curling, slow growth > etc etc. I do look after it believe me, I even pamper it but still it pines. > Does it like it real moist? Average? Lots of food? Any tips gratefully > received. > > Geoff Kibby > London

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