I've been reading the list for a couple of months now, and
thought (since I've got a couple of questions) I should also
introduce myself.
I'm currently studying Computer Science at the University here.
My major hobby is fishkeeping, mainly towards the aquatic plants
side of things, although I'm also interested in killifish. By
some strange coincidence, at least 3 killifish people I know are
also into CP's, which is how I came to be interested in them
(only a few months ago, really, so I'm pretty much a beginner).
Currently I have:
Sarracenia flava and S. alata (both outside)
VFT (one outside, and one in a terrarium)
Drosera capensis and D. spathulata (in the terrarium), and D. binata
(outside, and is going to open its flowers today or tomorrow by
the looks - hopefully I'll be able to get seeds)
I'm quite amazed by the difference between the indoor and outdoor
VFT's - the one outside has short leaves and big red traps, and
the indoor one has long wide leaves with big green traps I guess
to try and increase its light consumption. I'd like to move the
terrarium closer to the window than it currently is.
It's summer here at the moment, and where I live 30C would be a
hot summers day, and -2C a cold winters night.
Just over a week ago I was also given a cutting from a Nepenthes
mastersiana, which I was told is pretty easy to get rooted and
growing. I've potted it in sphagnum moss, and have the whole
thing sitting in a sealed spare fishtank to keep the humidity
high. When it gets going, I'm hoping to keep it as an indoor
hanging plant, assuming the temperatures and ambient humidity
allow it.
Which leads me to a question. I see people here stating "My
humidity is X%" - what I want to know is how do you measure the
humidity to get a number like X?
Cheers,
=09Len (who will probably end up living in a greenhouse one day)
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