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Tabernaemontana undulata : bechette ... Grow log.


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Here's mine which has rejuvenated in the hothouse. When I repotted it the roots wrapping around the pot where the size of my pinky

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I'm afraid to start hardening it into a greenhouse but I think in a week or so ill have too. Or should I assume they enjoy the same conditions as the psycotrias who are thriving in the hothouse? The upturned leaves in it make me think its a bit too warm...

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Hey gunfighter im pretty new to gardening and growing plants in general but I have been interested in the Tabernaemontana sp. for a while now for its relation to Iboga (Im actually growing an Iboga). Id be interested in seeds of any of those three. I haven't got much of a clue how to grow them though, and I don't have a hothouse (which would probably be needed I think) But if you gave me instructions on how to grow them id follow them to a T

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My plants been outta the hothouse and on the lightly lit balcony for a few mths now. It slowed growth and shed some growing tips but it making a comeback with more growing tips now... A proper greenhouse would be ideal for here but seems to be happy, albeit slow growing!

I posted a bug ID here for it if anyone can help! http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37952

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An interesting thing I noticed tho is once the plant reach a certain height and maturity white sap now pores out of broken leaves and stems. You could slowly collect the resin like one would wild lettuce, the next step is how much per go lol, you could easily 50/50 each drop of sap with water, it's produced a fair bit, someone's just gotta be brave enough lol! Here's a pic of a tiny rip on a leaf and the large sap pile

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I'd be interested to know if anyone has experience growing Tab's from cuttings. I've had repeated failures with undulata cuttings in an extremely predictable way - they behave like healthy iboga cuts for a week or two, drop most of their leaves, keep up with healthy looking growth as if they're quickly taking off, then at about the 3 week mark fall apart with a weird white "fuzz" that looks like a burst of aphids or some such and quickly die.

Off forum poisonshroom confirms that the same thing has happened to him with two other Tab species.

I have some that have just recently turned, hopefully they're still worthy of photos in the morning. I shall also take a picture of the plant spacey left in my care, which has been in the ground for almost a year and is doing just grand.

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EF, I've been posting about these little fuzz/scale/blobs in the ethno forum under "pest ID". So far nobody seems to know what it is, but it's always been on my plant since it arrived from spacey.

Did your plant shed any leaves last winter or stay nice and bushy?

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Hard to post a photo without putting half the property in the frame unfortunately, that's how big she's gotten. Just under six feet at her highest branches without aid.

The leaves are yellowing a bit despite decent fertilising with dynamic lifter and seasol. I wonder if this mystery bugs have anything to do with it. I checked my cutting humidity tub earlier and an unrelated gardenia cutting had also succumbed to the same nasties after being in a closed environment with the undulatas.

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