Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:13:34 -0700 From: Jazmyne Hesseltine <jazmyne@cdsnet.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3579$foo@default> Subject: RE: Help needed to save Heliamphora nutans
> Here's what's happening:
> I know that heliamphoras need a high level of humidity and like to be
> moisted; mines used to be kept in a fish tank where the humidity is
> maintained between 80 and 95 %. They're placed out of direct sun at
> temperatures between 22 and 26=B0C.
> Everything seems to be OK during the first 4 weeks and then all
> Heliamphoras begin to die (the youngest ones with small leaves die first).
> Their leaves become mellow (they look like an old rippled apple) but the
> green color remains (so it doesn't look like an old leave dying because
> it's to old, which usually gets brown and hard)
It's also possible that - in those conditions - a bacteria or fungus has been given enough time to propogate and kill the plants....
Jaz
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