OOooooo I see... thin leaves must have something to do with something that loves to be dry? This can be a good thing for me as I always forget to water them quote often- and die eventually!(just for houseplants).
I already bought the P. medusina plants but I figured they might come in as a bulb instead of a plant!
so maybe I shouldn't water them at all? maybe occasionally?
I did get P. moctezumae (a clump of small plants), and i keep them slightly moist. but I think P. medusina looks sorta scarier(in good way!) than P. moctezumae, and I hope I can keep them alive
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I have had mine for a few years in a large violet pot. The grow on a rack in front of a window, low humidity. With morning sun a some sort of plant light with a four prong bulb I got a garage sale. They will for no apparent reason start to grow shorter leaves until they get to the little bulb stage. When they do that I drain the water in the bottom part of the pot and wait for them to start growing again, takes a month or two. They are not bone dry but I don't water them much if at all. They also often grow little plantlets at the tips fo the leaves. I make sure I propogate a few of them in case anything goes wrong. I have not gotten them to flower though.
Do you have a picture of your P. medusina?? I wasnt able to find anyone who has kept this plant for several years, and would love to see how your plants look
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I haven't grown one, and after reading about them, I probably won't. Personally, I love the thin leaves too, but a dry winter dormancy is a must. The soil must apparently be kept bone-dry in which case the plant disappears underground as a bulb, similar to an onion.
I would personally get a P. moctezumae because that has thin leaves and is able to grow year round.
are they more succulent than p. moctezumae? I have P. moctezumae, and their leaves are thin and flat. P. medusina looks like more rounded, and chubby, like a cactus
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Those are the 2 most difficult species for me to keep alive for more than half a year.
HHHMmmmmm,, have you ever kept a cactus or succulents? I do well with those after I realized that they don't need much watering. if I don't water the plant at all, it might do well, do you think? but cacti doesn't go through dormancy, and what if I mistakenly think the plant is dead when its not??
I really want to know how to properly take care of this plant- as I already bought one, and its on its way. I's assume that it will arrive as a onion bulb. what's the 2nd most difficult plant?