bigdog

I just uncovered my M. cheesmani from its bag-o-leaves the other day. The stem was still very intact, but I had the dreaded center-leaf-rot. I had to cut it pretty much all the way down to the corm to find white in the center. Interestingly, two small pups still attached to the plant still look fine! It has not started growing, however, while M. sikkimensis, M. basjoo, and M. yunnanensis (formerly confused with M. itinerans) are pushing new growth. M. yunnanensis continues to surprise me! I didn't cover it with anything other than a few extra inches of mulch, and it is sending out new shoots in the middle of March.