telegraph plant

hi i have just bought some seeds of codariocalx motorius soaked seed over night and sown them about 2 days ago ,
i have looked for info of the internet but i was wonering if anyone has had hands on experience growing this beautiful plant from seed and if you have any advice for me .thanks tracy

 

I grew them for a few summers just for fun, I was younger then, and knew them by the name Desmodium gyrans, I see the name has changed.

As I remember fairly straightfoward to germinate, I would have been using the airing cupboard back then
They like heat and I found sunshine, even in the greenhouse.
In fact to get the leaves to rotate they need to be above a temperature of 70F (21C) I found, and the hotter, the faster they rotate.

Its one of those plants that totally closes itself up at night looks weird then.

Not a great looking plant, mostly spindly and a bit weak looking, (well mine always were), but worth growing just out of interest.

 

thanks marley and pete , you say its quite a spindly looking plant i wonder what results i will have growing it here with the extra sun strength we have,i will have to post a picture if i have any joy with them.

 

OK tracy, forgot you were in the Canneries, my guess is it will still be spindly.

But I would like to see a picture later on in the summer.

 

the whole garden is on an irrigation system so nothing ever totally dries out my only concern is my garden is very open to the elements and sometimes is very windy,having looked at pictures of this plant i can imagine its similar to the bamboo so i am hoping the wind will just blow through it

 

my leaves are all drying and dropping off. started with brown spotting. not sure what the problem is. is this a sign of too low humidity? the temperature never goes below 25 and they're under led's where the sensitive plant mimosa pudica is doing just fine. all the seedlings of the dancing plant are the same age and most are dropping leaves and leaves are badly curling. any ideas? i gave them a good feeding a few days ago didnt seem to make a difference.

 

Hi, why are you growing them under LEDs?
Is it not summer there?

 

i think it's gotta be humidity. kinda tricky keeping the rh up when i need to constantly vent the lights. yeah its winter here. going to try the wet towel wick method. never had an issue with other plants so its taking me a while to fine tune. here's hoping they don't croak in the process.