Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:30:38 CDT From: "Hideka Kobayashi" <hkobayashi4@hotmail.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1233$foo@default> Subject: Re: Darlingtonia
Hi, William. I have not tried this myself, so this is just an idea. We have
the same problem in Japan (where I am from), and Darlingtonia is considered
to be very difficult because of its intolerance to heat. There are many
alpine plan growers in Japn, and some of them put pots in stiloform tub
(misspell?). The tub is supposed to keep temperature low, just like ice
cooler. Fortunately, you can keep water inside of the tub, so the situation
might be even better.
I am also aware that there are some pots which keeps temperature low in
Japan. It is like a terracotta (misspell?) wine cooler. Water evapolates
from the surface, and it cools the whole container. Unfortunately, I have
not found a similar pot.
>Topic No. 2
>
>Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:44:29 -0500
>From: "William M. Gorum, Jr." <wgorum@bellsouth.net>
>To: CP List <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
>Subject: Darlingtonia
>Message-ID: <3901BACC.55D8BB6D@bellsouth.net>
>
>Hey Listmembers...
>
>well, here in Louisiana, Spring has sprung. My Sarrs are have started
>to send up new pitchers and my VFT's are producing new leaves and have
>started to send up flower stalks. This is the first spring i've tried
>to grow them outside, so I'm interested to see what happens.
>
>Now for my question. My local Lowe's were selling Darlingtonia in those
>little 3" pots with the cup covering the plants. I bought four of them,
>potted them in a 8" pot in a peat/perlite mixture and I now have the pot
>sitting in water that is about half as deep as the pot. I know that
>Darlingtonia likes cooler temperatures and already we're getting close
>to 80 F for the high; later on in the summer it will be MUCH hotter,
>100 F or more. For the present, I've taken 1 Liter Coke bottles and
>have filled them with water and frozen them. I then put the ice bottles
>in the tray i have my Darlingtonia in. Will that be enough for now to
>keep them cool? Later, when the temp rises, I'll need to move them in
>the house and continue to put ice in it, right? I usually keep my house
>about 75 F or 80 F. As always, any info will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Will _\../
>wgorum@bellsouth.net
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