cat's whiskers

In cooler climates, grow in a warm greenhouse (minimum 13ºC) in a mix of equal parts leaf mould and coarse bark, with added slow-release fertilizer, in bright filtered light, water freely all year, and in summer apply a half-strength foliar fertilizer every month, and mist the leaves regularly; pot on every two or three years, removing old, decaying rhizomes; in warmer climates, grow outdoors in fertile, leafy, acidic, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade

No pruning required

Propagate by seed, sown on the surface at 22-27ºC in spring; by division in spring; or by root cuttings of transverse sections of rhizomes with at least one bud, in spring

May be affected by glasshouse red spider mites and by tarsonemid mites

May be affected by grey mould (Botrytis)