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Aug 24, 2009 17:32:47 GMT -5
Post by lloyd on Aug 24, 2009 17:32:47 GMT -5
This year I've experimented with putting my terrariums in full, hot sun outside. All in all, not a great idea. Some plants did Ok, others got burned.
D. aliciae-burns Pygmies-scorpioides and lasianthus were fine, the smaller ones got burned ,callistos was fine Utrics-didn't mind except alpina which lost a couple of stolons Heli's-were Ok but stayed very green with sort of narrow pitchers. Mexican pings: a mix, the gigantea likes the sun. The others were a mix, some burned some were Ok. The marginata got really burned. Pachuca and a gypsicola hybrid liked the sun. Ehlersiae loved the sun at first and then got burned a bit. Cephs were good The smaller subtropical dews were fine.
Suggestions: Fliter the sun through fabric. Avoid heat build-up. Expose to only a half-hour of direct noon-day sun. Maybe an hour or a bit more of early or late-day sun.
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Aug 24, 2009 19:26:03 GMT -5
Post by hal on Aug 24, 2009 19:26:03 GMT -5
I did the same thing and had similar results.
The Heli minors got a bit burned and didn't colour up at all. They are doing much better in a cool basement under fluorescents. The subtropical/tropical sundews loved it and many flowered. The smaller pygmy sundews didn't do so well, but I put this down to getting flooded every few days with all the rain. The giant scorpiodes are fine, the little closterostigma seem a bit stressed. The utricularia loved it.
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Aug 25, 2009 16:31:02 GMT -5
Post by mabudon on Aug 25, 2009 16:31:02 GMT -5
I keep as much as I can outside in the summer, besides the squirrels I have no problems with anything- I keep everything in open trays which are about 2" deep and they are kept on a shelf on my front porch, so no flooding and a bit of shade. When I grew things under full sun I likewise had no problems except for flooding. Only place I EVER actually managed to grow Byblis liniflora was in that location
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