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Omelet wrote:

In article ,
Mark Herbert wrote:

I've considered trying to grow Hawaiian Baby Woodroses...

My current HBWR plant is 4 years old and hasn't bloomed yet. I leave it
out all summer long and bring it indoors and keep it under lights in the
winter. I don't know why it won't flower. I had a similar plant a long
time ago that bloomed its second year. Here it is growing up over my
roof. It lives in a 20 gallon tub and grows about 15 feet in the summer.

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It's very pretty!!!

Might need some very specific conditions? Higher humidity?

That very well be a major factor. It's awfully dry here in Albuquerque.
The plant that bloomed for me lived in Davis, CA, where it is relatively
stiflingly humid in the summer.

There is a nursery in Austin called "Garden of the Ancients" that
specializes in Herbal Entheogens. I got some Peruvian Torches from him
that I'm just beginning to propagate.

He had a monster HBW in one of the greenhouses that was blooming it's
head off. I need to drop back by there and see if I can purchase some
seeds. My Caapi vine I got from him is also doing well as long as it
stays shaded and inside of the greenhouse.

I have been putting off erecting a greenhouse for a few years. The idea
of stepping into a tropical paradise replete with colorful spiders in
the middle of winter is tantalizing.

I've also scored egg sacks from the yellow garden spiders that inhabit
his greenhouses.

I am always on the lookout for garden spider egg sacs. I brought a few
back from Missouri last year but they never hatched. I think they got
overheated in my car :-( Once your spiders have laid eggs, I sure would
like to introduce some to my garden. I'll trade you a couple of baby
scorpions, or maybe some Datura and Brugmansia seeds and an Iochroma
cutting or two.

In article ,
Mark Herbert wrote:

I have been putting off erecting a greenhouse for a few years. The idea
of stepping into a tropical paradise replete with colorful spiders in
the middle of winter is tantalizing.

Google for "pop up greenhouses". They are very affordable and sturdier
than they look!


I've also scored egg sacks from the yellow garden spiders that inhabit
his greenhouses.

I am always on the lookout for garden spider egg sacs. I brought a few
back from Missouri last year but they never hatched. I think they got
overheated in my car :-(

I have a variety of spiders around the yard. For some reason, the yellow
garden spiders rarely hang around. I have house wrens that nest in the
yard and they are major spider eaters... I only see a large female maybe
every couple of years that actually stays.

I'll have to go back to some of the local wild grape patches and see if
I can find a sack for you next spring or summer. I'll post it here if
and when I find any. :-)

Once your spiders have laid eggs, I sure would
like to introduce some to my garden. I'll trade you a couple of baby
scorpions, or maybe some Datura and Brugmansia seeds and an Iochroma
cutting or two.

I'd give the scorpions a pass. G We have _plenty_ of our own around
here!
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