Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 23:14:56 -0500 From: NPLUMMER@hg-basic1mail.hg.med.umich.edu To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1809$foo@default> Subject: Re: low humidity Neps.
I just checked the relative humidity near my Nepenthes alata with a Radio Shack
hygrometer: 30%. The plant currently has 9 open pitchers and more developing,
so I guess at least some clones of N. alata will pitcher in less than 50%
humidity. The plant is in my living room in front of a southeastern window.
Pitchering slows down in winter, but I think that is due to lack of light as
much as lack of humidity. During summer, with lots of sun and 50-70% humdity,
the plant pitchers like crazy.
I recently purchased a Nepenthes Coccinea thinking it would be as easy to grow
as N. alata, but these recent postings have me worried. Have I been lulled
into a false sense of complacency by a particularly easy clone of N. alata? I
hope I don't get yards of pitcherless green from the new plant!
cheers,
Nick
p.s. My Pinguicula primuliflora bloomed for the first time his week. What a
beautiful flower!
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Nicholas Plummer
nplummer@umich.edu
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nplummer/
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