Haahaaahaa. No, not easy.
Oh wow. This bloodcolored jewel just shot to the top of my list! Where do you get them? Emydura says they’re easy… how easy? How do you do it? Congratulations!
I became avaricious the moment I saw the pics here; how do you grow them?
Thank yHi BrucherT, and sorry for the delay, I didn't notice your questions. I got this one from a swap with a Facebook friend. And I agree with Emydura, it seems very easy to grow.
I grow my Corybas hispidus in a free draining mix made of fine grade akadama + coco peat + quartz sand + seramis (2:1:1:1). You have to bury the tubers deep in the pot or the stolons will grow outside the pot. At the end of their summer rest period (first week of August), I water the pot once with rain water and put it in a closed ziplock bag. Then I put the ziplock bag outside in a shady place and I wait until new growths appear (around the beginning of October). When I see new shoots, I water regularly. I keep the pot in the ziplock bag if I see buds so that they don't blast, but if there are no buds, or after flowering, it is possible to grow the plants outside the ziplock bag. Once the flower buds have fallen and until the leaves turn yellow, I fertilize once a week by spraying the leaves with Fish-Mix fertilizer (1 ml/l of rain water). These plants do not like heat nor being exposed to direct sunlight for a too long period, a bright or semi-shady place is better. When the leaves turn yellow, I put the pots in a cool place out of the ziplock bags and let them completely dry until following August, and here we go again!
I also grow Corybas diemenicus, but it seems more difficult to succeed.
Hope this helps
aw thank you… now I wonder where to get some….Hi BrucherT, and sorry for the delay, I didn't notice your questions. I got this one from a swap with a Facebook friend. And I agree with Emydura, it seems very easy to grow.
I grow my Corybas hispidus in a free draining mix made of fine grade akadama + coco peat + quartz sand + seramis (2:1:1:1). You have to bury the tubers deep in the pot or the stolons will grow outside the pot. At the end of their summer rest period (first week of August), I water the pot once with rain water and put it in a closed ziplock bag. Then I put the ziplock bag outside in a shady place and I wait until new growths appear (around the beginning of October). When I see new shoots, I water regularly. I keep the pot in the ziplock bag if I see buds so that they don't blast, but if there are no buds, or after flowering, it is possible to grow the plants outside the ziplock bag. Once the flower buds have fallen and until the leaves turn yellow, I fertilize once a week by spraying the leaves with Fish-Mix fertilizer (1 ml/l of rain water). These plants do not like heat nor being exposed to direct sunlight for a too long period, a bright or semi-shady place is better. When the leaves turn yellow, I put the pots in a cool place out of the ziplock bags and let them completely dry until following August, and here we go again!
I also grow Corybas diemenicus, but it seems more difficult to succeed.
Hope this helps
