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Jan 2, 2013 7:32 AM CST
Name: Melissa E. Keyes
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Zone 11+
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Well,,, some of mine have simply stopped growing, just sitting there with green leaves. Some others have lost all their leaves. One is growing lots of buds and has dropped its' leaves, and some are growing lushly, forming flower buds. Confusing!!

Hum. All are kept somewhat on the dry side, except for the growing ones, --- that have baby leaves and new green stems. Those are getting fed and watered with warm water. About ten degrees warmer than air temperatures.

Some plants don't go dormant, so do keep watering sparelingly.

The plant pictured seems to have recently been growing, green stems, but no baby leaves forming. Oh! Except for that one limb. So might be going dormant. I would water sparingly, keeping a close eye on it for rot (!) I also test stems to see if they are quite stiff like little tree branches, or soft and yeilding, which means either way too much water, or a too dry plant. You know if you've been watering or not, for the too's just mentioned.

Oh, is the room dry? Heated rooms usually have very low humidity, so the plant does use water. Lift the pot, judging the weight, wet is heavier.

Hmm, what else? ......

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