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    Default dowiana explosion

    I probably have to wait forever for this guy to bloom (no optimal lighting here), in the mean time it seems to be growing ok. I has just exploded at once. The young p-bulb covers went black (not mushy) and a few days after roots and a new growth emerged from the old p-bulb. I'm liking this.

    Do people "force" growth catts in lower light conditions to prevent them from blooming and when they have half a dozen or more mature unbloomed p-bulbs they allow them to bloom so they can show them? Just wondering since my catts seem to grow fine, it's just that they don't bloom. Heck it's the same with my phals.
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