Excellent information! I just got a Foetida from seeing one of your earlier videos. Glad to know it is a good beginner plant and will self-pollinate. Thanks mate! 💗
@@AridZine I bought the plant from Arid Lands in Arizona, it had yet to be described and if memory serves me it was "Dorstenia 1042" at the time. To back up what you said in the video here, the plant has never been outside, inside near a bright window, so they can live indoors. I live in foggy coastal Northern California, so for most desert plants it's inside or death ☠
Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing. I’ve been growing D. gigas since August 24, so I’m still a complete beginner. I keep mine (I have two) indoors by a northeast-facing window that gets morning sun in summer, and they seem to be doing well there. Direct sun here in Lisbon, Portugal, can be intense-even for cacti. In my experience, this species travels particularly poorly; both of my plants lost about 70-80% of their foliage after being shipped.
It’s pretty common for deciduous caudex plants to lose their leaves when their conditions change. I had some particularly temperamental D. Lavrani that would drop their leaves if I so much as moved their position under a grow light!
I only found out you had a RUclips channel a while ago, but I'm so glad I found it. I've ended up binging nearly all your videos, and today, I ended up buying a Dorstenia Foetida, some Haworthia, and hopefully some Conophytum, too. I was wondering if you recommend your rock goblin mix you sell for all these geneses, as well as what percentage organic to inorganic you would use for each and what you use generally for the organic part of your mix?
Hey, I’m glad you found me! I definitely use the Rock Goblin with the Dorstenia and the Haworthia - with Conos it would depend on the size of the plant. Rock Goblin is so chunky that it might not be suited to small plants with only a couple of heads. Dorstenia I’d use 50/50 with organics, Haworthia 80/20 (or even 100% RG, they’d still be happy). As for organic components, I swear by Searles cactus and succulent mix, which is mostly free of bark and debris.
I find plant relations crazy. How the hell is this plant, figs (from Morten bay, to tiny climbing figs), jack fruit AND mulberries all in the same family?!
They go dormant over winter, dropping their leaves. I water sporadically over winter, once every week or two weeks, although they will happily just sit completely dry until spring too.
They have quite a noticeable smell, not unpleasant but hard to place. Suggests that there’s likely an insect species that assists with cross pollination in habitat.
The flowers aren’t suited to bird pollination, there’s no noticeable nectar not anywhere for their beaks. Certainly wind will help them self-pollinate but not sure if it would be effective at cross pollination
Great video! It's officially cold here in Indiana, US. Plants are in, growlights are on and will be living vicariously thru you all winter! Thank you! ❤🌵🌴🌵
Keep the great content growing haven’t seen much content on growing these
Cheers, thanks for watching 🤘🤘
Dorstenia are fascinating, i have foetida and bahiensis.
Aren’t they just wonderful plants!
Man I love your greenhouse. If I had property I’d definitely have my own… lord knows I have enough plants to justify having one 😁
It’s a real luxury for sure!
Excellent information! I just got a Foetida from seeing one of your earlier videos. Glad to know it is a good beginner plant and will self-pollinate. Thanks mate! 💗
Fantastic! They’re really enjoyable plants to own
Didn't know I had one until now 😂😂
😂😂
Thanks for the awesome video. Learned a lot
Glad it was helpful!
I have a foetida that I acquired in 1992, it's about 2 feet tall with a boatload of branches, so they do live quite a while...
That’d be a really impressive specimen… no doubt it’s made thousands of babies too over the years!
@@AridZine I bought the plant from Arid Lands in Arizona, it had yet to be described and if memory serves me it was "Dorstenia 1042" at the time. To back up what you said in the video here, the plant has never been outside, inside near a bright window, so they can live indoors. I live in foggy coastal Northern California, so for most desert plants it's inside or death ☠
Thank you for the awesome content as always!
Appreciate it! 🤘🤘
Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing. I’ve been growing D. gigas since August 24, so I’m still a complete beginner. I keep mine (I have two) indoors by a northeast-facing window that gets morning sun in summer, and they seem to be doing well there. Direct sun here in Lisbon, Portugal, can be intense-even for cacti. In my experience, this species travels particularly poorly; both of my plants lost about 70-80% of their foliage after being shipped.
It’s pretty common for deciduous caudex plants to lose their leaves when their conditions change. I had some particularly temperamental D. Lavrani that would drop their leaves if I so much as moved their position under a grow light!
@ yikes!
good timing -
just got myself lavrani
Perfect! What a great plant they are
I only found out you had a RUclips channel a while ago, but I'm so glad I found it. I've ended up binging nearly all your videos, and today, I ended up buying a Dorstenia Foetida, some Haworthia, and hopefully some Conophytum, too. I was wondering if you recommend your rock goblin mix you sell for all these geneses, as well as what percentage organic to inorganic you would use for each and what you use generally for the organic part of your mix?
Hey, I’m glad you found me! I definitely use the Rock Goblin with the Dorstenia and the Haworthia - with Conos it would depend on the size of the plant. Rock Goblin is so chunky that it might not be suited to small plants with only a couple of heads.
Dorstenia I’d use 50/50 with organics, Haworthia 80/20 (or even 100% RG, they’d still be happy). As for organic components, I swear by Searles cactus and succulent mix, which is mostly free of bark and debris.
@ with the sandstone you use in your mix i’m having some trouble finding my own, do you buy it as crushed sandstone or is it sold under another name?
Crushed sandstone - I just get it in bags at Bunnings.
I find plant relations crazy. How the hell is this plant, figs (from Morten bay, to tiny climbing figs), jack fruit AND mulberries all in the same family?!
Haha tell me about it! A complete mystery
I am so going to get one. Do they have a dormant period? Twice a week watering then too?
They go dormant over winter, dropping their leaves. I water sporadically over winter, once every week or two weeks, although they will happily just sit completely dry until spring too.
Good morning from Texas 🇺🇸 Just wondering if the Plants would cross pollinate naturally in their own habitat?🌵
They have quite a noticeable smell, not unpleasant but hard to place. Suggests that there’s likely an insect species that assists with cross pollination in habitat.
@ I’m not surprised 😮 What about Birds and Weather Events?
The flowers aren’t suited to bird pollination, there’s no noticeable nectar not anywhere for their beaks. Certainly wind will help them self-pollinate but not sure if it would be effective at cross pollination
Great video! It's officially cold here in Indiana, US. Plants are in, growlights are on and will be living vicariously thru you all winter! Thank you! ❤🌵🌴🌵
Hey how’s your mini dorstenia on the ground doing?
Not looking too good at the moment… barely hanging in. Not much nutrient content on the floor of the greenhouse sadly
I am a plant wholesaler, and I can contact you if I need it
If you’re in Australia, sure. Otherwise, no thanks.