Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:42:58 +0100 From: Ide Laurent <ide@arcadis.be> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2384$foo@default> Subject: Conditions indoor-outdoor
Hi Dave and Susan
Susan, I totally agree with you. I'm living in Belgium and the bad weather
here makes that I have to grow my plants indoor. I have a south-east window,
and I've placed two shelves on the edges of the window, so they are
perpendicular to the light.
After some good and bad experiences, I've discovered the best conditions for a
few plants wich are thriving. As we know, Cephalotus, Drosera adelae,
prolifera, spathulata, utricularia, nepenthes are growing well on one of the
shelves, because they need less light.
On the other shelf, I have a lot of tiny greenhouses containing drosera,
they're surviving but in bad state.
Further, I've lost complete batches of pygmy sundews by lack of light there.
Pygmies really need full light, I'll say full sun even.
Now, concerning what you said. On the windowsil itself, I've placed Dioneae,
which gets sun (when there is some - rot summer) and thrives. I had flowers
and just a few seeds.
Near these I have a shallow and large pot with some rosetted sundews,
unidentified but I think they are aliciae. They get full sun, are beautiful
and very dewy.
Then I have some Sarr's, growing well.
Still on the windowsill, Byblis liniflora which produce big and dewy plants.
Until now, I've just confirmed your first impression : rosetted sundews
support full sun. But don't try with D. spathulata ! It's quickly burned,
turning to red.
Then, I've grown D. binata and capensis in the greenhouses, shaded light, full
humidity. Once out of there (because they're needing more space) the binata
are producing small leaves, no dew, no traps even. Although they get about 80
p.c. of
humidity, it's not enough !
Same for Capensis. Less dewy, but still growing, actually the sun turns them
to yellow and decreases the growing. In full light without sun, they slowly
recover.
Same again for Pings, first in the sun they seem boosted but quickly turn to
yellow and slow down.
Receiving a lot of seeds of Sarrs this year, I've put the seedlings outside in
large pots, in a 'shaded' place (no direct sun) and they grow much slower than
those inside, which get more humidity.
I have D. rotundifolia on the windowsill, but it doesn't get direct sun though
and grows well. I've almost lost them, letting the sun hit them when they were
seedlings.
Now, to all CPers.
I have three VFTs. Two of them sit in a shallow and large pot (4' high, 10'
large). The third one, which was small when I repotted the plants, sits in a
small pot (3 x 3 inches). Knowing the small pot has holes in the bottom, the
big one not, who can explain the smallest VFT quickly grew until it's now much
bigger than the two others ? Same conditions, just the size of the pot is
different.
Other point : my Nep burkei grows in full sun without problems. It's rather
special, isn't it ?
Thank for reading this long message
Laurent
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