Hello, This dioscorea was seeded feb 2000, so it's over 9 years old. is that typical for first flowering? the tiny flowers have a fragrant sweet smell! and here are the pics! bad macro focus on this one: still bad... my point-n-shoot camera... or me :) a little better focus a whole plant shot. caudex half-buried, for size, but i still want to be able to look at it!

Stephanias can be easily pruned and respond to the treatment quite well. They will either branch from lower on the vine or they will send out a completely new shoot from the caudex crown. You can also wrap the vine as Chris stated. Not only will this keep the plant more compact and less spread-y, it will also shade the caudex from strong light during the growing season.

Lol!! I thought it was fine, but I mean, shipping is always a mood killer. For me, it's only worth it to purchase online items if I really desire the item and it's hard to find locally. I don't drive a prius so making a 1.5 hr drive out somewhere and back is basically the cost of shipping anyway. It does go up a little, the more plants you buy but shipping wasnt like a whopping $10-15+ or anything. I'd say go ahead and create an account, throw things in your cart and see how much it will be. (: The website will tell you. The account is pretty useful too! It saves the items in your cart and you can view past orders.

I agree. I was thinking it might like some richer soil. Seeing that it really likes water during the growing season, it makes sense it would enjoy soil with organic matter. I have an excellent top dressing that I have never used on succulents, but it works great as a reviatlizer in other plants that are struggling, in the wrong soil or the soil is unhealthy. It perks plants right up. I can add a layer of it to the top. I may add a little perlite or pumice to it first. It is quite rich. If this works I will change out all the soil when it starts to break dormancy in the fall. It's too delicate to repot while it has active vines.