In reply to Sheila ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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They "like" stress. They bract more when they're potbound and too
dry, when the humidity is this high the stress levels lower and
they bract less. Now the pressure is up and the air dryer an
improvement is quite visible in mine, the leaves are wetter
looking and the bracts are back, and the little flowers inside are
stronger. I only know this cos when I got it I panicked and read about
everything there is to read about them. Marvellous plants.

Do you let bees etc in to your conservatory?


My bougainvillea doesn't look well. It is all leggy and spiney,
there are two stems, one has no leaves at all. the other stem
branches into two, and there are 4 leaves on each, and one bract on
the top. its still the same height, I haven't given it much water,
think I'll just leave it and see what happens..... The little
white one didn't take at all, so that got thrown away. now the
Orange one has grown and grown and grown, its 20 inches tall, lots of
leaves, from one stem, but lots of growth round the base, and some
pretty little orange bracts on the top, quite different from the
cerise one. Any thoughts on the cerise one, shall I just leave
it or do you think a trim might be in order!

I'm building a plastic house for mine at the moment. It's getting too cold
for it, I think.

It is perhaps hibernating for the winter, I certainly hope so. I would touch
anything until the spring .. I saw loads in Northern Spain a couple of weeks
ago but it's still warmer ther than here :-)