Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 10:33:42 PST From: "Trent Meeks" <flaneps@hotmail.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg498$foo@default> Subject: Re:N. sanguinea
>I have a small N. sanguinea in the green house. It is potted in >Sphagnum
>moss. Watered with RO filtered water. The green house fluctuates from >80
>during the day to 60 at night. The RH ranges from 45% to 65%.
>This plant is not looking good, brown leaves, deformed leader. All >>the
>other nepenthes are doing well. Any ideas what it is looking for?
>I thought these guys could take anything. Apparently they don't like >>the
>weather in my part of Canada!
>Dickon Worsley
>Toronto, Canada
Sounds to me like the humidity fluctuations could be a problem. How long has
the N. sanguinea been sitting undisturbed? If you potted the plant during
the winter season, two factors are making your sanguinea unhappy: 1.short
daylight hours 2. fluctuating humidity while trying to establish itself.
I live in south Florida, and do not repot my Nepenthes during winter. My
plants definitely slow down from Dec. thru Feb., and low humidity caused by
cold fronts moving through will result in deformed new growth. The main
reason I close in my lathe house in winter is not so much to protect from
low temps, but to hold in the humidity.
Hope these comments are helpful.
Trent Meeks
Pompano Beach, Florida
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