Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:20:59 -0500 From: "Carl Mazur" <ccp@vaxxine.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4153$foo@default> Subject: Re: Heliamphora
Guy,
Thanks for the help! I have some lights, and an old aquarium, I'll give it
a shot.
Best Regards,
Carl J.Mazur
Cherryhill Carnivorous Plants
Grimsby, ON Canada
http://www.vaxxine.com/ccphome
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> Here's a method for cultivating Heliamphora, which of course is not
> THE method to do so. I cultivate them in a terrearium winter and
> summer, positioned about 1 m from a south-facing window (there are
> some plants in between), and are kept at a minimum of 15 =B0C during
> winter(nights). Because they are illuminated with cool (sorry folks)
> white TL lamps (TRU-LITE type), and also receive some sunlight,
> temperature may raise up to 30 =B0C in summer (the ballasts are not
> included in the cap!). They receive 7 times a day 1-2 min of fine
> misting, as described in an earlier CP-digest.
> In this way the plants produce pitchers with an intensive red teint,
> having normal-sized 'helmets'. One H. nutans is flowering now. They
> are planted in a mixture of moss peat, Sphagnum moss and coarse
> perlite, in clay pots (cool root!). Around the plants, healthy live
> Sphagnum moss grows, which is regularly cut short to prevent
> overgrowing of the plants). The plants are, apart from misting, also
> watered by the tray. The misting, as well as the illumination, seems
> to contribute a great deal to their healthy appearance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Guy VdK
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