Zamaldelica

[okletsgrow]

Welcome to ICMag @okletsgrow and thanks a lot for your support. Interesting micro experiment hehehe

It looks like she still has some reflowering with fresh pistils that haven’t fully ripened yet. However, if you prefer clear effects and the aromas are already strong at this point, you can perfectly harvest now.

You conquered me with your purple Zamaldelica @Theorganicguy

Thank you for the warm welcome.

It's great to connect with you @dubi

I consider you my big brother in herb.. I have been smoking since 2008 / growing since 2020 - but you have been breeding herb longer than that.

Ace has my full support & recommendations.

Currently also growing Congo & Panana x Bangi Haze in similar bonsai format.

Will post in the appropriate threads for advice.

Bonsai Zam was harvested on 25th November.

I usually harvest slightly earlier but a quick dry sample of this - it's the strongest I hv grown. Will exercise more patience in my upcoming harvests.

 

[El Timbo]

Still waiting for a longer cure but looking good...

 

[Greencedar]

Zamaldelica fem fast to flower in the front left (other 3 are Malawi). Very little stretch with this pheno

Temps: 76degF, humidity 40-50%, 20 gal living soil,

 

[FeelHaze]

Day 11 since germination.

I selected a nice and robust Zamaldelica seedling and transplanted in 7 L pot.

This is her next to a fat and stinky Panama x Bangi Haze seedling. They will share the tent for now on.

 

[LostTribe]

I got 3/3 on my f2 of the super trip 2015 carrot pheno. They are looking good and cant wait this is one of my top 3 all time moms!

 

[squatty]

Great news LostTribe! I am especially interested in your plant as I just put out six Zamaldelica that are from an open pollination of seeds I purchased in early 2016.

My pack was purchased in March 2016, opened in July 2024 and still gave me 5 out of 5 germination. I still have one five pack left.

 

[squatty]

My "open pollination" was just five unsexed Zamaldelica put out in the wet, wet Hawaiian rainforest. This environment gets somewhere between 160 to 180 inches of rain a year.

I returned three months later to find one surviving female full of seeds and one dead female full of seeds.

The female that had died before I got back had seeds sprouting on the plant. The one that was still alive had to be cut down because the wild pheasant were eating the seeds and destroying the plant.

It was raining nearly everyday the last two weeks and no mold. Just what I am looking for!

 

[Guerrilheiro]

My "open pollination" was just five unsexed Zamaldelica put out in the wet, wet Hawaiian rainforest. This environment gets somewhere between 160 to 180 inches of rain a year.

I returned three months later to find one surviving female full of seeds and one dead female full of seeds.

The female that had died before I got back had seeds sprouting on the plant. The one that was still alive had to be cut down because the wild pheasant were eating the seeds and destroying the plant.

It was raining nearly everyday the last two weeks and no mold. Just what I am looking for!

That plant in the background, Hedychium coronarium, extremely invasive, I had no idea it would be found in so many places. It's a big problem to contain it here, it spreads in swampy areas and prevents the establishment of native plants. Even planting is prohibited. It has a beautiful and very fragrant flowering.

 

[squatty]

You are correct Guerrilheiro. That plant is just one of the many invasive plants changing the forest in Hawaii. It was brought to Hawaii as an ornamental plant and has taken over vast areas of the rainforest. The national park near me has tried using poison to fight it but found they had to reapply every three years and they were concerned with poison getting in to the water table.

You can see the rhizomes of the plant in my first picture above and below you can see the Himalayan ginger spreading through the rainforest. I am doing my best to remove what I can.

THE TARGET: HIMALAYAN (KAHILI) GINGER (HEDYCHIUM GARDNERIANUM)

Impacts While there are a wide variety of ginger species naturalized in Hawaiʻi, a few pose serious threats to our native forests. None are as problematic as Himalayan ginger or Hedychium gardnerianum, considered one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species by the IUCN. H. gardnerianum stalks...

dlnr.hawaii.gov

 

[FeelHaze]

Update, day 21 since germination.

Zamaldelica on the left.

I plan to veg the girl 10 more days, then train them to look look like small clones and flip to 11/13 scedule.

 

[squatty]

Okay, last post on my Zamaldelica rainforest exploits this year. I forgot to mention that one reason most all my guerilla grow did not survive was a brush with a hurricane in August.

Just one month after putting my plants out, the area experienced significant rain and winds. The picture below shows my Zamaldelica starts on July 24. On August 24 they were hit by 50 mile per hour winds and rain totals of over 20 inches in just two days.

Hurricane Hone Preliminary Wind and Rain Summary