Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
I grow mine in pots since they have to be overwintered in the greenhouse .. they get about 3 hours of midday full sun. Like Elaine said, they don't react well to low humidity. I try to keep the soil moist but not soaking wet and feed them about once a month with Miracle Grow. The Black Bat blooms constantly but the White Bat hasn't gifted me with a bloom yet .. Come Spring I'll be repotting them both into larger pots .. So far, none have produced pups and I've never gotten a seed pod off of the Black Bat .. I've actually taken a flower apart trying to find the reproductive parts but have had no luck there - there is nothing that looks like a normal stamen or pistil.
The Black Bat is on the left and White Bat on the right:
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