Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:25:40 GMT From: Andrew Bate <cp@astilla.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3989$foo@default> Subject: Nepenthes not pitchering (was 'Re. New member')
On Tue, 14 Oct 1997 13:49:04 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey Griff,=20
>Where do you keep your neps? Terrarium? Greenhouse? You have to provide =
very
>high humidity. The reason why your plants aren't pitchering is probably
>because the humidity is low, and the temperatures are too high. Keep the
>alata around 70-85 degrees, and keep the truncata at around the same
>temperatures as the alata. Make sure both plants are very humid. Not too=
hot,
>but humid. Try spraying them down with distilled water and so on, but =
make
>sure not to wet the sphagnum too much. Well, I hope this helps.
>Good luck
>Behrad
I have mine in a terrarium (all highland) and the humidity remains
around 80-90% with a daytime temp of 22C and I have little success
with pitchering. I have a small N.Alata which just about manages to
produce them but a larger Coccinea has been doing nothing since I
bought it (it grows new leaves fine but never pitchers). Lighting in
the terrarium is provided by a 'LifeGro' fluorescent tube about 6"
from the plants - this gives off a very intense white light. As well
as this, the plants are sprayed twice daily and every two weeks with a
weak solution of 'Phostrogen Acid' (for acid soil loving plants)
I am new to Nepenthes and *think* I am doing the right thing to grow
them but obviously something is not right and I am not sure what it
is... :|
Andrew
--=20
Andrew Bate
andrew@astilla.demon.co.uk
http://www.astilla.demon.co.uk
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