Okay, I am wondering how much success people are having with growing ant plants in their terraria. Particularly, I am interested in Dischidia pectinoides. I purchased one about 6 months ago (maybe longer) at Frank's. It was mounted on a piece of coconut husk and placed in a snail shell that was upside down (kinda cooky lookin'
). Well, I gave it a nice soak in a dilute organic fertilizer and mounted it to my coco fiber mat background. In a few weeks, it was in full bloom (and remained that way for about a month), and had new shoots going out all over the place.
Well, then seed pods began to form. Parts of the plant began to look yellow and anemic, and I thought that would be all she wrote for the poor ant plant. But such was not the case . . . I had two seed pods burst, and the plant has shown some interest in growing from time to time, but it mostly just sits there now. Further, the color is not as nice and green as it was after I fertilized it. Oh, but a few of the seeds seem to have sprouted--we'll see how those do.
So, I am wondering what other people's experiences are. This ant plant looks like it needs fertilized (fish emulsion would be my most likely fertilizer), but I have heard many say that fertilizer will kill ant plants. What's your experience in mounting, and growing?
Well, then seed pods began to form. Parts of the plant began to look yellow and anemic, and I thought that would be all she wrote for the poor ant plant. But such was not the case . . . I had two seed pods burst, and the plant has shown some interest in growing from time to time, but it mostly just sits there now. Further, the color is not as nice and green as it was after I fertilized it. Oh, but a few of the seeds seem to have sprouted--we'll see how those do.
So, I am wondering what other people's experiences are. This ant plant looks like it needs fertilized (fish emulsion would be my most likely fertilizer), but I have heard many say that fertilizer will kill ant plants. What's your experience in mounting, and growing?