Phaneron
Rising Star
I sowed the seed for this particular plant back in April 2015 and have been growing it indoors under lights in coir medium using synthetic nutrients since then. I've put many hours into creating a suitable environment for these plants and finally to be rewarded with these flowers for the first time is a great feeling.
Around two months ago I started trying to induce flowering in the plants by reducing the photoperiod from 15 hours to 11 hours, during this time the plant was still under a 1000W metal halide bulb. I did not notice any change for four weeks and decided to switch to a high pressure sodium bulb of the same wattage. Then, wouldn't you know it, two weeks after making the switch and further reducing the photoperiod to 10 hours I found the first bud site, then many more after that. I am not certain my changes made a real difference as I had no control to reference but none the less I am ecstatic with the results.
I mostly just wanted to showcase these flowers, though if anyone has experience growing these plants especially to flower and seed indoors I'd love to hear about it.
The first pic is the flower from my original Mimosa, second is a new batch of nine Mimosas I germinated early this year.
Around two months ago I started trying to induce flowering in the plants by reducing the photoperiod from 15 hours to 11 hours, during this time the plant was still under a 1000W metal halide bulb. I did not notice any change for four weeks and decided to switch to a high pressure sodium bulb of the same wattage. Then, wouldn't you know it, two weeks after making the switch and further reducing the photoperiod to 10 hours I found the first bud site, then many more after that. I am not certain my changes made a real difference as I had no control to reference but none the less I am ecstatic with the results.
I mostly just wanted to showcase these flowers, though if anyone has experience growing these plants especially to flower and seed indoors I'd love to hear about it.
The first pic is the flower from my original Mimosa, second is a new batch of nine Mimosas I germinated early this year.