Well, after reading some posts about this, I thought it would be fun to start a "capensis survivor stories thread" - type in your TRUE survival stories about various capensis you've had. This should be fun - I'll go first...
I usually have a pot of pre-mixed peat in a cream cheese container under my desk at home (in case I need to add some to my pots or when I'm arranging seedlings for shipping). It's one of those white ones with thick plastic so very little light gets in there. I had pulled some "junk" peat out of a pot and put it in the container and prompty forgot about it for approx 7 months as I had kicked it to the back and gotten a larger container. When I found it, there was a capensis growing inside! The peat was still damp but at the most the plant would have gotten only 4 hours of very, very weak light (if any) through the side of the container!
I usually have a pot of pre-mixed peat in a cream cheese container under my desk at home (in case I need to add some to my pots or when I'm arranging seedlings for shipping). It's one of those white ones with thick plastic so very little light gets in there. I had pulled some "junk" peat out of a pot and put it in the container and prompty forgot about it for approx 7 months as I had kicked it to the back and gotten a larger container. When I found it, there was a capensis growing inside! The peat was still damp but at the most the plant would have gotten only 4 hours of very, very weak light (if any) through the side of the container!