Thanks Joshua! I had 4 clones make it to flower this year, and there was quite a bit of variation among them. The one I posted was most pleasing to my eye (others had less contrast), I guess... as it seems to be the one I kept trying to photograph - haven't found pics of the others! I remember one was almost absent of markings. Hmmm... now how many seeds did I start with to get 4 to flower? Something like *mumbles*. errggg... ok. 120. I killed over 100! And one of the clones that bloomed keeled over right after flowering this summer. I think I over-watered it :(
I have tried to keep the mix on the limey side (reportedly their native rock is limestone) and very free-draining. They are semi-monsoonal in habitat, from what I understand. So need to be dry over winter, wet in spring, decreasing water from flowering onward and into autumn to be dry for winter again. 'Dry' being relative of course, not total. I just keep them in styrofoam for the insulation value and move the box under cover for winter. I learned that by, um... killing so many of them.
Haven't really cracked the secret yet!
