I grow them outdoors in Southern California. They like lots of sun and relatively frequent water. In my climate they are obligate (extended?) winter growers: the leaves burst from their sheaths pretty much at the start of fall (mid September) and will grow until sometime in the spring, when I stop watering (early May usually). The leaves go purple around the time dormancy starts and before the leaves dry out. Throughout the summer I keep dry and the leaves will dry out, with one pair forming a papery sheath around the new pair of leaves.
Yours seem to be around the same stage as mine, so you might see them flower sometime in April.
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Mom i got wiiings! Sweet
Mesmerizing!
I grow them outdoors in Southern California. They like lots of sun and relatively frequent water. In my climate they are obligate (extended?) winter growers: the leaves burst from their sheaths pretty much at the start of fall (mid September) and will grow until sometime in the spring, when I stop watering (early May usually). The leaves go purple around the time dormancy starts and before the leaves dry out. Throughout the summer I keep dry and the leaves will dry out, with one pair forming a papery sheath around the new pair of leaves.
Yours seem to be around the same stage as mine, so you might see them flower sometime in April.