Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:44:14 -0500 From: "Richard Brown" <esoft@ix.netcom.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg507$foo@default> Subject: Re: N. merrilliana
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>From: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
>Subject: CP digest 1728
>Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999, 2:39 PM
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> Perhaps your light levels are too low for pitcher formation. If you
> are using artificial lighting, perhaps there is some frequency missing that
> the leaves need for pitcher formation.
All of my Nepenthes are grown under lathe house conditions. I use 70 percent
shade shadecloth during the summer, and plastic+60 percent shadecloth in the
winter. N. mirabilis, N. cantleyi (natural hybrid of gracilis x bicalcarata)
and several manmade hybrids grow side by side with my N. merrilliana, and
they all have nice pitchers.
Obviously something is lacking in its artificial environment. I still
suspect something in the growing medium. I await any further comments.
Trent Meeks
Pompano Beach, Florida
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