One for Hywel

a startling beauty!!

Its beautiful Stera.

Its gorgeous and you are right it does look surprised :))

Thats lovely Stera...

I wonder what startled it ! lol :D
Nice colour though, and there are buds on the cuttings you sent me too ..... so they must have taken root :o)
Thanks for showing it.

That really made me smile on this cold grey day

Lovely!

I was given one of these years ago, in flower; I could never get it to flower again, sigh.

Excellent, Hywel, glad they are performing for you.

Fran, after it flowers you feed it and keep it watered for a while so it can grow new stems. Then toward the end of summer let it dry out and keep it dry for several months. then when you water it again it should come into bud almost straight away.

If you still have it try drying it out from abut August until December. If it starts to look shrivelled you can give it a drop but not enough to allow it to stay moist.

Thank you for your comments everybody!

lol maybe I'll try again one day, but having lost so many before ...

Do you want me to send you a cutting?

oh, you darling! I've sent a pm

Wow, its a long time since I was called that! Will do it tomorrow. Keep the instructions!

xxxxx