On 4/16/2011 9:06 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Tony Miklos wrote:

Found this beauty in the woods, it stays green all winter (east TN)and
it goes down in the 20's and teens a lot with this staying green. Last
fall I had dug up one (I didn't dig it up until I saw I had more of them
in the woods close by.) I thought the one now in captivity was doing
well until today I took a walk in the woods to see how the others are.
Seems like the leaves on the captive one are severely stunted!
Otherwise looks healthy and getting ready to bloom. I am going to plant
it in the garden, I just didn't find the right spot yet. Looks like it
needs filtered light. Does well with some direct sunlight but not too
much. Here is a link to some pics:

https://picasaweb.google.com/tony.mi...eat=directlink

Why didn't you plant it in an old soup tin? Poor thing is struggling
in that silly tiny plastic pot... don't you own a piece of ground...
at least plant it in an unglazed clay pot 4-6 times that size. Unless
you can afford a piece of ground or a proper container then leave
plants where they live. I truly hope you don't have any pets, you'd
abuse them too.

Don't get your panties in a wad, it will get planted when some other
landscaping is ready for it. Besides, it was the worst looking one in
the woods and now it looks a lot healthier than it was. It was up high
on a fallen tree stump with the earth around it washing away each time
it rained. I saved it from a certain dry death. Now where did I put
that soup tin...... I'll take your advice.