All are taken, thanks everyone!

Holy moly! You’ve obviously had a lot of success with them, any tips?

It can take quite a lot of sun (at least here in Connecticut). It will turn reddish with more sun. Mine generally gets direct sun for part of the day and bright filtered sun the rest. They like really good drainage and they love heat. I probably water big momma once a month in the winter and more often in the summer. If it's really sunny and hot, maybe every 5 days or so, less often if it's cool and cloudy. The babies get watered more often, lately I've been watering them about every 5 or 6 days.

Seedmoney, I don't have your address. Please message or email it to me :-)

In case seedmoney doesn't get this message she or he left an email in their post above. I've copied and pasted it here.

seedmoney@embarqmail.com

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...it is not best idea to post personal e mail address for whole word to see...I would remove it from the post.

Sent your Christmas package out today....Lol. It's probably not packaged the best, but there's 9 different types of small starters of Kalanchoes and lots of other goodies in there.

Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)

Thanks, Jeannie. Can't wait!

All Edithcolea babies went out in the mail today :-)

SLD - I just wanted to tell you the 2 Edithcolea babies you sent me last year are doing very well, I LOVE them!! (Thank you!) I hope one day to grow them to a stunning mother plant like yours, that is gorgeous.

Hi elucas, glad they're doing well! The Orbea and Adenium you sent me are doing well for me :-)

Man, if anyone else has one of these they would like to part with I'd be interested. I cant find hardly any in my area, actually make that none haha.

Cheryl, the Edithcolea looks good in your pot, glad it arrived in good shape. Thank you for sending me the jade.

Yonatin, I could send you a cutting, if you'd like. I don't want to cut too much off it, since I cut it back so much last summer, but I can cut a small piece off. Let me know if you want one.

Got my box of them in great shape.... I will have to pot them up tomorrow :)

Did you have a different return address on the box? I hope I didn't send your box to a wrong address! It was sent to the address you emailed me.

Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)

I hope she arrives to u safely. I 1st shipping of a baby plant. I have however recieved a boekoo. Please, let me know if you think of it.

Jeannie, I got your box this afternoon. Thank you so much, it was a delight to open it! I spent a good part of the evening getting them all settled in happily :-)

I got your box yesterday and potted it up with my gritty mix. Its inside under lights.

Your cutting is in a very coveted spot, perfect morning sun and afternoon shade;).

SLD, Thanks but I gave up trying to grow these. You send me some really nice plants and a few days latter they just gave up and died. I am very happy the variegated huernia is doing well. It lost it variegation under the LED lights this winter but maybe out side it will get it back. It is something seeing your success with these.

Stush, where do you think you went wrong with this plant? So we can learn from your mistakes;).

I don't know. I grow many Asclepiads and treated this one the same. In a mostly gritty mix and little water but the next day they just fell over limp. Propped them up with sticks but just rotted from the bottom up. Too little to try to cut and heal. I just don't have any luck with this one. This being the third time with failure with this kind.

Stush, I'm so sorry yours rotted. So far, I've had good luck with mine. The mother plant I got a number of years ago at Logee's. I grow mine in gritty mix (lava, pumice, chicken grit, a small amount of turface, and a tiny amount of Orchiata bark) and it gets a lot of really bright light and quite a lot of direct sun. They will turn reddish when they get more sun. I water thoroughly when I water, and then let it dry out quite thoroughly. It likes a lot of heat, so I keep it in the house in the winter (I keep my greenhouse cooler). I have had it outside in the summer, but if there's lots of rain, or if night temperatures are below 60° I put it in the greenhouse. Mine is potted in a clay pot, which may let it dry out more quickly.

Interesting that your Huernia lost their variegation over the winter. Mine are still variegated, but I don't grow them under lights. Be interesting to see if yours gets its variegation back.

The Stapelia, Huernia, and Orbea cuttings you sent me are rooted and doing well. One of the Orbea semitubiflora cutting turned to transparent mush one night, but the other is growing nicely.

Oh man! I miss the good stuff! I can't find edithcolea here in Puerto Rico! Yours is so beautiful!

SLD, I think you hit on something in temp. Times my area of plant keeping gets below 60 degrees but not for long but mostly at 65. The variegated one turned purple. My led's are 5000k temp rating. I wanted 6500k but heard some bad results due to being too close to ultra violet.

Cheryl, your jade has arrived, what a cutie! It has a place of honor in my sunroom. Thanks so much :-)

Do you have any left? I’d happily trade pretty much anything for 2 of those babies!

Sorry, Nora, they're all gone to new homes.

Aww, so glad to hear it made it safely.

SLD, Since I can't grow them, I expect you to post pictures of them growing and most of all blooming. Do they stink like other Asclepiads? I want to thank you for all your advise.

I got my cuttings today! Thank you so much! The past few days have been colder recently so I was a little afraid they wouldn’t make it but everything arrived safe and sound!

SLD, I have had the same experience as Stush and heat isn't a problem here. I'm thinking it is the my mix. It is gritty but contains organic material. Do you keep yours in a non organic pumice, lava etc mix? I love the flower but have given up on this one.

Mine is in a mix of pumice, lava, chicken grit, a very small amount of turface, and a tiny amount of orchiata bark. Before I potted it in this mix last summer, it was in a mix that had a bit more bark, which had started to decompose, but I've never (knock wood) had a problem with rot. I've never used any cactus soil or pro mix in its mix. Also, I've never grown it in plastic pots, always terra cotta, and I do let it dry out pretty thoroughly between waterings.

Other than that, I've got nothing :-(

Stush, It's been outside whenever it's flowered, and I can't say I noticed a stink, although I never actually stuck my nose right close to it :-)

K, I think I better pull mine out of the cactus soil and perilite. Sounds like it will be a problem.

Mine is actually in this mix:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5-Gal-Inorganic-Soil-Mix-for-Long-Lasting-Bonsai-Soil-Pumice-Turface-Lava/321472464371?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

To this, I added some extra pumice, chicken grit, and a bit of orchiata bark. think I could have left out the bark.

I never really thought of this plant as touchy. Now I'm starting to get nervous about it... I'll probably start fussing over it and kill it... oh, bite my tongue, I shouldn't even think that :-)

I have ceramic pourus stones used for orchids. I also have perilite which is lava rock. Do you think this would be better. I have removed it from the cactus soil and allowed it to air dry and rest. The roots still look fine. I think ; )

Cheryl, I'm not sure about the ceramic stones. I've never used them. How large are they? They may work perfectly :-)

Oh my gosh! I’d absolutely love some! How generous. Do you have any left?

Sorry, Ashley, I don't :-(

Hi there !

I would love to have one if You have any more to share.

Thank You !

judy 😃

Sorry, these all went to their new homes long ago :-)

Oh Thank You ! I just noticed it’s been 2 years ago. 😆

Wendy, How's yours doing. I always loved this plant but just can't grow them. Hope yours is doing well.

Stush, I almost lost my big one when I had a root mealie epidemic about a year and a half ago. I did manage to save a bit of it. My big one is now much smaller than it was, lol! Here's a photo...

I also have one of the seedlings from this plant, and a few small ones that I bought. I seem to be able to grow them fine, and am able to root cuttings, but getting them to flower is another thing entirely. The original plant only flowered that once. I keep hoping that some day.... :-)

I think my problem was in my cold basement where I kept all the other Asclepiads. I think this one requires a more warmer environment. Try adding some 'Super Phosphate' to the potting soil or inject some with a stick into the root ball. Just a teaspoon. I add this to all my plants when I re-pot them now and that's what triggered my Clivia to bloom for the first time in the 10 plus years I owed it. I also add a little Alfalfa to the mix also.

I'm glad some one can grow this one so well.

I do keep mine warm. The one in the above pic, I keep at the end of our living room. The lowest temp it gets is in the high 60's, warmer during the day especially on sunny days. During the summer it stays in my greenhouse, so lots of heat then.

The small ones I have are under lights on a heating mat set to 76° so they stay warm. Thanks for the super phosphate tip. I think I have some out in the shed. I'll give it a try :-)

Advise taken from someone who can't grow them, smart! Go easy with it. Made for outside plants. Alfalfa I don't think you could over do it except for the smell.

As an Edith myself, I would love to see photo updates. Those of you who received baby plants and still have them, please show them off!