I definately don't think it's environmental. The plant looks pretty
much identical to the way it did when you gave it to me, except it
maybe has some more leaves. It reminds me of a what a mature D.
capensis "red" looks like, except it's yellow.
>>
>>Here's a run-down on the plants I got from you:
>>
>>I repotted the D. auriculata seedlings (marked from Bros. Taylor) in
>>50/50 sand/peat, and put them 16 to a pot on roughly 1/2" centers. They
>>are just now breaking out of the basal rosette form and starting to
>>climb. I've got them in a 2 3/4" pot. Do you think they need a deeper
>>pot for tuber development the first season?
Heck if I know. I'd leave them alone now and see if they come back
next year from tubers.
>>
>>The D. adeleae have put out two or three new leaves, and turned a nice red,
>>but hasn't really taken off yet.
Barry can make many comments about this species :-).
>>
>>I think I may lose the two D. hamiltonii. They haven't done much at
>>all. They are in the original pot in my terrarium under four 4'
>>fluorescents. I have them standing in 1/4" water. Temps from 60-70 F.
These things sometimes go dormant, or die back, and then come back from
the thick underground roots. Some of my plantlets, originally from
Barry, look like you describe, but another from the same group is putting
up new, dewey, leaves. This plant is listed as tuberous, but is also
ack'ed not to form tubers. All I can say is that it grows in wierd
cyclces, and seems to not form much dew on the leaves.
>>
>>Both the N. mirabilis seedlings and the mirabilis x ted payne have put out
>>a few new pitchers and are looking pretty happy.
>>
>>The U. gramminifolia has filled up the pot, but the praelonga is really
>>going slowly. I can just now start to see some new leaf development.
>>Hopefully, it is doing a lot of work underground :-).
My praelonga isn't doing much either. Maybe it needs truly steamy
jungle conditions. As for the g., I'm not surprised. What a weed.
Now if it would only flower.
Robert