Connie, if you're seeing roots around the the inside, these Anacondas are getting close to shooting a leaf. A white leaf stem will snake around too, but you can tell the difference because it is larger in diameter. If and when you see that, you have to get busy fast. That's how I ended up potting that one pot ahead of the others--I saw four scales had bublets beginning to grow leaves even though the mother scale was fairly solid. Try not to have leaves anymore than half inch, inch at the most. No leaf is best. If you look close at that first pot--the one in the upper right, you'll see one bulblet had a leaf stem nearly two inches long. That seldom works well.
I planted many of these with the mother scale still attached. Kind of a judgement call. Normally I like to see the mother scale depleted but many of these bublets were developing ahead of scale depletion while some smaller ones still could use a little extra time.. So, I sprinkled Captan in my mix and crossed my fingers.
No, not really. Actually, I know that I'll be alright as long as I keep them just barely moist.
Kind of a paradox isn't it. Most people would have probably called and asked for credit. Here we took it as a real opportunity to experiment and play around with it 'just for the fun of it all'. Now, what are we going to do with all these Anacondas anyway?
I never even called them--did you? I forgot. I suppose I should--but they probably know by now anyway.
