Its hard to be sure what the problem with your heliamphora is, but it
may be similar to what happened earlier this year when I almost lost a
H. ionasii. It appears that the problem was caused by too little
light for a month or so.
I cut off the wilting/brown parts, drenched it with Benomyl and put it
in a warmer, sunnier location. Until it recovered, it got about 8-9
hours of bright indirect sun in a nepenthes enclosure outdoors where
the temperature peaked at around 30C and went as low as 15C at night.
Now, three months later, it is doing well in its previous location in
an indoor terrarium where it gets 12 hours a day from a grow-light,
supplemented by 3-4 hours a day strong diffuse sunlight. Temperatures
range 20C during the day to 15C at night.
One benefit of the ordeal is that the plant now has many growing points,
where it used to have only a couple.
Glenn Rankin
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> Some problems with my Heliamphora. I already wrote how I bought it in a
> shop, where it was placed with other plants without particular needs (VFT,
> Sarracenias). Then at home I put it under a dome and immediately began
> some fungi growing ! After spraying a product it seemed stopped and I
> decided to place it into my room like other CPs. I loosed 80 percent of
> the plant but then new leaves appeared. Now it was gone in the dormancy
> room (a room not heated of the house) but the same began again : leaves
> turn to light gray, losing consistency, and I really don't understand what
> happens. I re-placed it in my room, but this time it seems that will be
> not enough to save it. Can anyone say what must I do ? Should I replace
> the peat with living sphagnum ?
>
> I read in a book that sulphur fungicides are deadly poisonous four our
> little green friends.
>
> Thanks and good luck to you !
>
> Laurent
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