Re: Nep Pitcher Growth

From: L235@aol.com
Date: Wed Aug 12 1998 - 06:41:16 PDT


Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:41:16 EDT
From: L235@aol.com
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2670$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Nep Pitcher Growth

Paul Ulrich writes:

> Being relatively new to Neps, I would like to know how fast typical
> pitchers grow. As of now I have madagascariensis, thorelli,
> ventricosa, and sanguinea (all small, but growing ). My
> madagascariensis has had a developing pitcher for a while (several
> weeks) but it does not seem to be getting bigger. Any suggestions? Am
> I doing anything incorrectly? They are being grown in a 50/50
> peat-vermiculite soil with fairly bright but not direct light.

My only suggestion (FWIW) ... I find that N. madascariensis does very well for
me in pure (dead) long-fiber sphagnum moss.

Jay Lechtman (L235@aol.com)
Ashburn, Virginia, USA



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