Is this greenhouse open to the public, bikerdoc? I drive through Jackson every day on my way to/from work.

yes it is but you have to call to be sure someone will be there. John and Kathy have "winter hours" now until spring. While I don't know their schedule, I think they are open most days during the warmer Spring/Summer time and close to open visitors November 1. Since you sound like you are familiar with the area, they are about 15 ~ 20 minutes west of the intersection of SB US 127 and E. Chicago Road (US 12). (248) 996-5512. Sorry if I should have posted this to a PM... hope no one gets upset with me, if I've been politically incorrect.

Hah...I just posted if it was this place in the other thread. I'm very familiar with the nursery and they're a great place. I've gotten really nice dykia and a monstrose cereus from there before. I'm always amazed at their mesembs and hawarthias.

I'm just reviving this because no one added any comments about the care of the Monadenium coccineum. The caudex is still hard as a rock but no growth from the top as of yet. Do you hold off with water until growth begins or what?????

bikerdoc
Keep in mind that M. magnificum and M. coccineum grow in a climate where there's little temperature variation. Their growth clues are lots of rain in the Spring (for vegetative growth), followed by a dry summer, then rain (but much less than in the Spring) during Oct/Nov/Dec, which is when they bloom.

If I were you, I'd wait until Spring before watering your M.c. caudex.

Don't believe everything you read on Bihrmann's :)

This post was edited by lancer99 on Mon, Dec 24, 12 at 22:41

Thanks, Lancer. I don't believe everything on Bihrmann's! Will the M. coccineum begin to send up new stalks in the spring as an indicator that I could water or just begin with small amounts in April or so?