They get around 10ft high and often have trunks about 6inches in diameter and come from dry vine thicket . . .
MikeT,
Thanx very much for the suggestions; they are helpful.
It is definitely hot here in the mid-summer in west central Florida so that should not prove a detriment to this species. I will shortly be settng up a watering or drip system for all my plants so the amount of water my
Meiogyne cylindrocarpa gets also should not be a problem.
As for heat, we regularly run into the mid-90ºF-range in the mid-summer months. Winters here recently have been mild with drops (usually) two or three times (in Dec., Jan, Feb) down to the mid- to low-30ºF range and every few years we get a light freeze. This past winter (2019-20) it got down to 33ºF one time in my yard in the city. But, what does this species get in nature as far as low temperatures are concerned? Does it tolerate colder temperatures well?
Could you explain please, what constitutes a 'dry vine thicket', and how does that affect the light that
M. cylindrocarpa receives in nature during the year? Would that be partly or mostly shady? In the dry season is the surrounding vegetation deciduous?
My plant right now, sitting where it does is receiving full, hot sun up to around noon, then full shade thru the rest of the day, and seems okay with that situation but from what you indicate (dry vine thicket) it probably would really prefer filtered light during the highest daily arc of the sun.
It is good to see that my plant is now growing quite a few new leaves, slowly but at least steadily. For a while after I repotted it it just sat and did nothing and even got to looking a bit shabby. I kept it in the shade for about a month at first with a couple hours of sunlight in the early morning before moving it to where it gets the amount of light it is getting now. I don't think it liked being unpotted when the seller sent it to me from PR.
Also, not knowing how extensive the root system of this species tends to be in nature, when should it be repotted into something larger than the one gallon pot it is now in?
Sorry to toss out so many questions all at once in one swell foop, but unfortunately there's relatively little detailed information available out there on the culture of
Meiogyne cylindrocarpa.
OK — TIA
Paul M.
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