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Originally Posted by Andy
Yeah, I know your humidity. I had to go to Houston a couple of times over the summer a couple of years ago for work. Our summer heat is the exact opposite, dry as can be. I water mine multiple times a week in the summer. And I don't think I would ever call Crypts xeric. Any habitat shots I've seen of them are in spots that get pretty swampy and wet. People who grow them here say to keep them in a tray of water in the summer. I'm just trying my first ones, so we'll see how I do.
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This is where it gets interesting! From what I can see and feel physically, I dont think Crypt warasii is a Crypt. Taxonomically its a Crypt the way it flowers. From what Ive seen, virtually all Crypts have similar flowers. Crypt. warasii doesnt have similar flowers in an way other than they open from the center. Its leaf structure and texture are unlike any other Crypt that Ive seen. As you already know, Crypts like being pretty wet. C. warasii and leopoldo-horstii supposedly like to be very dry. Granted I treat my warasii to pretty Crypt-like conditions, I grow it in full sun which Id never do with any others. Who know's what it really is.