my platys
 

P. hillii
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0560.jpg

P. madagascariens
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0562.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0561.jpg

P. elephantotis
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0564.jpg

P. ridleyii
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0568.jpg

P. superbum
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0565.jpg

Group shot
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j3...s/IMG_0566.jpg

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Wow! They are all very nice especially your superbum. Now my hands are itching for one!*biggrin2*
I think you can transfer your elephantotis to a bigger mounting board. It can grow very big.

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So nice.... where can get them?

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Your superbum looks so fleshy and good!!

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And kit1212 wants to eat it!He's drooling xD;P

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Nice grow Hongrui. I love platy, I hope I could get all 18 of them:tongue:.

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atmccmn: thanks, i'm intending to re-mount the P. ridleyii, P. elephantotis and P. superbum but i've yet to find time to get around doing so. perhaps during the long break during CNY...

timeeve: i got them in from thailand, mostly. some are from fellow growers here in sg

TS: it's not that hard to get all 18 species anymore. several thai nurseries/growers have got all. i just got those that do not require dormancy so that it's easier for me and i can just leave them in my garden. but i've lost 2 from rot, a P. ridleyii and a P alicorne.

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which one need dormancy ? kindly advise pls

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Oh! that's sad. Ridleyii is reputed as one of the most difficult to keep. I've just lost one of my oldest ridleyii. I think I misplaced it at a very hot area. Literally it was burnt to death!:sweating:

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You means, there are 18 sp. platys ? And some will go to dormancy as well?

I dont know that and it is interesting... Please share more about that

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this site has a list of all the species, broken down into the continents where they are found and also their natural environment.

this second site has a pretty good cultivation guide.

P. wallichii, P. quadridichotomum and P. stemmaria are those that goes into/requires a dry dormancy. P. andinium i've not been able to be certain if it requires/goes into dry dormancy but i didn't want to take the risk.

i have about 12 of these fellas and i'm already at a loss of what to do with them when they get bigger. :laugh:

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Also check out: http://www.rareferns.com/ for more info on these plants. - Rich

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Hi all,

Mind to tell me what to do during dormancy? Dont need to watering?

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I have read somewhere that elephantotis will go into dormancy too. But on my experience of growing them all, only my wallichii is dormant. It only happen at this time of the year and will resume growth in March. It looks very ugly! You'll get rotten 'cabbage' if water too often.

Sometimes I prefer hybrids. I find they are more hardy. This is very true for madagascariensis. I never have luck with it but not on the hybrids.

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yeah, I lose my P. madagascariensis and ridleyii too due to too hot and too wet I think :crying:. I shall gather more info I'm ready for another one :tongue:.