Hi Greg, hi Tarev!
I am glad I made it here, too. I was up until 3 AM last night reading through many of the older posts on here.
Yes Greg I agree! The first few new ones I bought a few months ago got quite sunburned when I moved them into full sun too quickly! I lost a few ciliosum var. borisii and the surviving rosettes from then did much better in more shade, they opened almost immediately after I moved them. My older ones I have always kept in full sun until the temperatures hit about 85, at which point they start to grow higher on one side until I move them into dappled light or onto my patio where they only get sun from dawn to about 10:30 or so. I left them out in full sun this year longer than usual and they grew so high on one side that they all looked almost lopsided. My tectorums on the other hand didn't seem phased by being left for a day in 96 degree full sun. A few of the rosettes that were still closed popped open and not a single sunburned leaf on any of them! My grandmother used to keep her pots of the regular/standard tectorum in full sun and used them like aloe and for other things.
Tarev, I haven't seen fog at my house ever I don't think. Sometimes you can see it trying to creep over the mountains but it never makes it, which is too bad because I love it
what do yours do in the heat? My oldest ones just turn green and seem to slow down in their growth, then when cooler weather comes they get more red coloring. It should be interesting to see how my new ones do. Hopefully just as well
I wish that I knew the names of my noid (does this mean no identification?) semps as well!
Last night I read in one of your older posts that Kalinda has done well for you. Is it still doing well? I stopped at Armstrong when I visited my aunt in the valley today and they had two Kalindas and so I grabbed one because I read about it in your post
