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Apr 12, 2014 5:23 PM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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I do have some which have yet to flower which are probably A. konjac, they keep increasing so I had to repot them with the result I had too many pots. I've kept them in a cold greenhouse in pots over winter, some have rotted in cold winters but I kept some inside too. I know I had some growing last year, they are very slow here as we rarely have any real warm weather. Last year they didn't thrive at all, winter went on for too long, missed spring and summer was cool for most of the time. I didn't thrive either. Hilarious!

This last winter I have had to keep them all in the greenhouse, including other tender plants which I have always brought inside, luckily last winter wasn't too harsh but I have lost some plants. We have been having a complete downstairs renovation due to being flooded near the end of 2012, it takes time to dry the bricks then it's a slow job getting the building work done! I had to keep them in the greenhouse as the spare room I have upstairs was full of stuff from downstairs.

I've almost had enough of lugging plants inside for winter, then lugging them out again, so any losses might be gratefully accepted. There's far too much work involved trying to grow plants here which don't really want to grow here so I'm trying to downsize and make do with what I have in the garden. I had many, many bulbs of all sorts which survived quite hard winters in the greenhouse but along came a once in around 20 years extremely hard winter which killed most off. Sad it is, I had some beauties, oh well, been there done that. Hilarious!

You have some amazing spathes there Evan, I'm jealous! Rolling on the floor laughing I should have some still surviving but they will only just be thinking about waking up.

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