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Robert Pulvirenti Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 My method of growing the imbricate forms of Dischidia is to have them both potted and mounted. The young plant is started in a pot and when the stems start growing over the rim, the pot is mounted onto a hardwood fitch ( the one shown is from an old telegraph pole) and the stems trained onto the timber. The advantage with this system is that watering is not as critical as in a plant that is just mounted, with this system the plant can always draw some moisture from the pot. This method is not that different to how plants grow in the wild, if a stem in a wild plant runs into a litter collecting fern for example it will infiltrate the moist litter and concentrate a whole lot of roots in this area to exploit the extra moisture and nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Hi Robert, nice plant! You are not worried that the pole was treated with chemicals? Who is IML? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pulvirenti Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi Frank, these poles are old recycled ones probably from the pre-treatment days and have been weathering in the elements for decades. IML stands for Iris Marie Liddle, the wife of the late David Liddle who was an Australian authority on Hoyas and Dischidias, he used his wife's initials followed by numbers for his vast collection. You can find specimens in nearly any Botanical garden or Herbarium worldwide using his numbering system, his collection of these plants was and probably still is one of the largest in the world. David used to travel through Asia, New Guinea and the south west Pacific Islands looking for new species and forms, his wife still runs the nursery in Mareebe, North Queensland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Bonjour very interesting method to grow dischidia . the nursery in Mareebe have a web site ? jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pulvirenti Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hi Jeff, this nursery doesn't have a web site, but I can attach an old catalogue.Microsoft Word - Email Cat2013.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted May 23, 2017 Report Share Posted May 23, 2017 Bonjour ROBERT merci for this catalogue jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dema Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Hi Robert, I'm a new member to the Forum and I loved the Dischidia pic. that you posted. I live near Brisbane and have a few Dischidia plants. I would love to buy some more. Are you please able to give me some contacts as to where I can buy some. Thanks and regards.....Rudi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pulvirenti Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hi Dema, Pm me and I will get that organised for you. Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hi Robert, Do you know if I can still get or where i can get one? I'm in Brisbane. Thanks, Lola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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