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1½ tsp compound 169 for cuttings Aechmea Aglaonema autumn beautiful Begonia Billbergia Bromeliad Calceolaria Cissus cm RHP cm soil colour Columnea Commercial growers compost Cryptanthus cultivated Dieffenbachia Ferns fertilizer per pt Ficus final pot foliage plant frozen peat g per litre germinate grafting greenhouse growing season growth hormone Guzmania houseplant humidity light humus-rich hybrids in/7 cm inflorescence intermediate cutting keep the soil leaves light flowers light light means mid-spring mixture months Nidularium peat peat dust peat-based potting compost Peperomia Philodendron plantlets pot soil feeding potting soil Primula propagated prothallium pt water pt water/2 relative humidity repot Rhododendron Simsii Rhoicissus RHP potting soil river sand Rochea roots seed shoots short-day slight shade soil moderately moist sowing special features species spores spraying stem Stromanthe strong sunlight summer taking cuttings Treatment table pot tropical tsp compound fertilizer tubers variety Vriesea water/2 g watering moist watering temperature weeks young plants