I am trying to flower Ferraria crispa ssp. nortieri. In its native South Africa it grows during their winter wet period, flowering July to September. I gave it a dry summer and it came up as it should in the autumn, but seems to have stood still for a month or two now. I've kept it in the conservatory with overnight temps of 10°c and daytime temps of 15°c (maybe 20°c on sunny days). Has anyone grown this and got any tips on where I've gone wrong?
I thought that was your new car. :D I don't know it so had to Google it - most unusual. However you have raised a question that is vexing me. I have a few things such as Gingers and Chasmanthe overwintering in the warm under a low intensity grow light. But they are growing very well, at a time that I only wanted to keep them alive. They seem to have got out of sync with the seasons.
I think that my problem is similar. I'm trying to replicate the SA seasons, and clearly not very well! Your Chasmanthe looks interesting! I too have a Hedychium (gardnerianium) problem - tuber potted up last May and it is now fully 10cm tall!
