It requires a decided rest period during winter during which it receives no feed, very little water (enough to prevent pseudobulbs shrivelling), cool to cold temperatures and high light.
They require a decided rest period during winter during which they receive no feed, very little water (enough to prevent pseudobulbs shrivelling), cool to cold temperatures and high light.
Do not water, or only enough to avoid shrivelling.
Once fallen to the ground, the drupes soften and become a dark red over two to three weeks before shrivelling and blackening.
They mostly have tough stems and the capability of shrivelling up during a dry period and later recovering.
The high concentrations of salt draw the moisture out of olives, dehydrating and shrivelling them until they look somewhat analogous to a raisin.
Another solution to shrivelling could be a thicker epidermis.
Most of them look as if they are shrivelling.
