I have two plants that grow in bright indirect natural light, supplemented with
a few hours of incandescent spotlighting, that remain a deep greep, except a
slight spot of red at the tip of the pitchers. Then I have two other plants
under relatively intense flourescent lighting (my N. wrygleyana have red leaves
under this light) for 16 hours a day. Here one Heliamphora (heterodoxa x
minor) has a red tip and a streak of red that reaches downward about a third of
the pitcher's length. The pitchers on this plant are lighter green also. Then
I have a weird situation with a H. nutans x heterodoxa where it continues to
grow straggly resembling an overgrown Sarracenia minor seedling in need of a
bit more light - but it is growing under the same bright light conditions. How
many hours and how intense should the light be for these plants?
(***STUPID QUESTION WARNING*** - can you cross Heliamphora with Sarracenia?)
Does anyone know how tall I could expect a H. heterodoxa x minor to grow?
What is H. heterodoxa "lowland"? I recently saw this mentioned as being
available from someone. Is this a plant that "fell off" a tepui and survived
to establish a colony in the rainforest?
Finally, I am really confused about some of the terminology I've encountered
describing the growth habits of some Heliamphora. For instance, I read
somewhere that H. tatei has pitchers up to four feet, then I read the plant
iteself reaches 12 feet (there was a word for it dendrite, dendroid, or
something). What type of growth habit are they describing as 12 feet in
length? Is this why my H. nutans x heterodoxa crown seems to keep rising?
Should I replant it deeper?
Sorry for so many questions - maybe I should be pointed at a good book or some
CPN articles I can track down?
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