After our visit to the Zagros, we went north to the Alborz range.
Here we found in the Heraz valley on the 15th
of June 2003 some plants of
Dionysia aretioides, all past flowering.
Because we had faced some serious problems while being in ShahreKord, we
were not able to go to the north earlier and therefore missed the
flowering
period of this species.
Fortunately we saw some other nice plants in this region, which you can
view on
the
Iran-Oman Tour website.
This was the first species of the genus to be discovered, and is one of
the most
well-known in cultivation. Its also one of the easiest to grow, and can be
very
floriferous.
There are several clones available and propagation is easy by cuttings.
Because
of all these features it is an ideal species for the first time grower of
dionysias.
