Boophane disticha decayed

This is the biggest Boophane I grow and it is about 3CM in diameter. I sowed it 2-3years ago. Actually it is about the flowering size. The leaves is twisted and beautiful. In July there was a low pressure in the sky for about 15 days and it rained intermittently. So I did not move the pot inside the house. Then in August the low pressure was gone bit I found something wrong with my Boophane. I digged it and saw that the root and the bulb have decayed. Several Boophane decayed. It is really a great loss!! I should have used very well-drained medium to grow them since I leaved them outside.
When we find the root decay, the bulb already absorb too much water and it is too late to rescue the bulb.

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Boophone disticha

第一批不風已經種植了大約1年又2個月。照片是最大的一株。直徑大約是3公分。布風在台灣冬天停止生長，但是不會落葉。大約春末夏初4月底開始一次大量的長葉。葉子也變的較大，越來越有氣勢的感覺。
I sowed some boophone disticha seeds on 2010.3.23. This is the biggest one and the diameter is about 3CM.
Boophone disticha stops growing in winter but the leaves do not wither. It starts to grow again in late spring in Taiwan.

Boophane disticha

種子所攜帶的養分被小苗使用光了，成長速度突然減慢。加上台灣夏天氣溫太高導致不大成長。

爛根的布風苗

前幾天有棵布風苗葉片開始變黃，我就懷疑可能過濕。今天越加嚴重，於是乎隨手拉一拉，沒想到一拉就起，原來根已經爛光了。看起來小球好像還沒水傷，先晾乾後再重入赤玉土救救看吧。
布風和燈台花可算溼氣型球根，在台灣理論上應該是比藍孤還要難種。但是播種時還是需要高溼氣促進發芽。如果想要直播者就必須要調配好介質讓小苗度過危險期。

情願讓它太乾也不要太濕，太乾時頂多小葉下垂。太濕的話就是直接枯黃..
後來又移植一株，用透氣介質。結果又爛了。看來布風很不耐移植。移植後的照料必須非常小心，小苗則忌移植。

20100601Boophane disticha

果然不能太濕。這一波15株苗共爛掉了4株。種子飽滿程度影響小苗成長速度很大。

20100413Boophane disticha

3/25到4/13兩個多星期終於發葉。播種使用分層介質。盆底先鋪一層煉石以利透氣，中間用培養土、蛭石、珍珠石、炭化稻殼各一份比例調和。把種子放上去之後再鋪上一層純的培養土以保溼。發根之後到結小琪這段時間比較久，然後才發葉。

20100325Boophane disticha

Boophane disticha
刺眼花。種子屬於肉質型態。只需要有溼氣即可發根。所以收到的時候大部分已經長根了。

Boophane 到底是Boophane還是Boophone呢??好像都有人使用，大概都可以吧..