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Post by dvg on Mar 7, 2009 16:56:16 GMT -5
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Post by tael on Mar 7, 2009 17:14:23 GMT -5
Wow gorgeous dvg! Do you keep your heli in high humidity?
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Post by labine on Mar 7, 2009 17:17:09 GMT -5
these are really nice pictures , How tall does the pitchers get?good work DVG!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 7, 2009 20:31:31 GMT -5
Nice going dvg. Are those home-bred fruit flies on the nectar spoon?
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Post by hackerberry on Mar 7, 2009 22:43:29 GMT -5
Looking good dvg! Those are some impressive Helis!
hb
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2009 0:05:29 GMT -5
Hey thanks guys! Tael, not at all. I do have a humidity dome over them but it is moved off to the side so that air flows through and condensation doesn't occur on the hood. I quite often check on them, only to find that their dishes have been dry for a while. Labine, this latest pitcher is about 3.5 inches tall. Each pitcher for me has gotten progressively larger, so I'm not quite sure where this will top out at. Maybe Lloyd could weigh in here about how tall his mature nutans have gotten. Yes Lloyd, those are home-bred flightless fruit flies. The smaller blonde colored flies are D. melanogaster and the larger darker colored flies are D. hydei.
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Post by carnivoure12 on Mar 8, 2009 10:31:27 GMT -5
Very nice dvg! I have an H Minor, and its been making mature pitchers, but, one of the mature picthers made an immature one! is this normal?
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2009 13:03:32 GMT -5
Thanks carnivoure12. I don't know if it is normal, but I have had Heli's shipped to me with mature pitchers on them. But when they were potted up they reverted back to making immature pitchers, until they became re-established again. I think in my case it was due to transplant shock and shipping stress. If your Heli continues to put out new pitchers that is a good sign. Just check to make sure the new pitcher isn't a new offset, from your Heli.
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Post by carnivoure12 on Mar 8, 2009 13:15:29 GMT -5
Thanks dvg, I've had my for about 5 months or so, its been making mature pitchers everytime, infact its making one at the same as it made the immature one. I checked once again, and it is coming from a mature one: This is its latest pitcher with a even more colorful and more developed nectar spoon coming so this is puzzling.. Sorry for taking over your topic, I just HAD to ask.
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2009 14:14:15 GMT -5
Carnivoure12, can you post a pic of the immature pitcher emerging from the mature one. I'd actually like to see that. And no problem asking a related question on any of my threads. I like plant problems and anomalies. Nice looking minor,btw.
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Post by carnivoure12 on Mar 8, 2009 14:29:16 GMT -5
Here it is, I think there is another immature one coming from the parent of the mature one that produced the immature one, is the plant dividing, or just not happy and here's the new adult on forming. thanks for the compliment
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Post by lloyd on Mar 8, 2009 16:19:59 GMT -5
My pitchers are over 4" above the soil now, nice and fat.
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2009 18:28:36 GMT -5
Well, carnivoure12, your plant looks happy and healthy, but when in doubt with the sun pitchers, you can always add more light.
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Post by carnivoure12 on Mar 8, 2009 18:32:04 GMT -5
The pictures make it seem like there are low light levels, however, its about 2 inches away from the light bulb, and since then has started making these beatifully colored pitchers, if you observe, the pitcher don't have proper nectar spoon, but I suspect a nice one in the new pitcher. Also i noticed under low light levels, Helis lose their dowards pointing hairs, as soon as I added more light they came back
Thanks for the advice!, I will see how to add more light if possible.
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2009 18:34:41 GMT -5
What type of tube and wattage are you using now?
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