tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post8619588275226671539..comments2024-03-17T03:31:37.213-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: New plant: Huernia zebrinamr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-77127178633521857912011-06-09T19:05:42.895-07:002011-06-09T19:05:42.895-07:00My Huernia hystrix arrived yesterday. I am very ex...My Huernia hystrix arrived yesterday. I am very excited.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-91720495185151749292011-06-09T12:42:58.839-07:002011-06-09T12:42:58.839-07:00I'm growing Huernia pillansii right next to ot...I'm growing Huernia pillansii right next to other members of the family like Stapelia, Caraluma, Duvallia and Hoodia. They don't seem to have any special needs, getting watered once a week if i remember and sitting in bright indirect light.<br /><br />A friend of mine who has a nursery is having trouble with the entire family though, and his plants are constantly rotting off. We think it&kevsorchidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850282450369415603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-16135743881109479312011-06-09T11:25:52.046-07:002011-06-09T11:25:52.046-07:00Cool little plant! Last fall I got on a Stapelia ...Cool little plant! Last fall I got on a Stapelia and Huernia kick and ordered 5 different species on ebay. I think I have 3 that survived my care... One of them kept rotting on me, so I would cut off the mushy part and put the firm part in dry soil, but it, too, would rot out.<br />One of the plants that survived (Huernia penzigii) is putting out a lot of new growth this year, so I've got Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591545830532096734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-49722378441304628152011-06-09T07:11:00.781-07:002011-06-09T07:11:00.781-07:00My boyfriend bought a few of those 2 years back an...My boyfriend bought a few of those 2 years back and they are ridiculously low maintenance, almost as low as Kalanchoe daigremontiana. We've kept them in varying conditions; indoor/outdoor, room temp/blistering outdoor heat, humid/dry, and all seem to work.<br /><br />They seem to flower most/easiest in indirect sunlight and in temps between 60 and 85*. However, they are also not very long Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083803851861243093noreply@blogger.com