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Post by flytrapcare.com on Jun 11, 2010 0:21:15 GMT -5
Along with dividing my Heliamphora nutans today, I also did my Heliamphora minor X heterodoxa that I got back in late December. It has grown well, but it's not as colorful nor has it developed the nice nectar spoons that it had when I got it: www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/my-new-heliamphora-minor-x-heterodoxa-t3617.htmlMy guesses as to why it's not developing the color and nectar spoons are: 1) The lighting I'm using isn't as good as what it was under. 2) The fertilizing makes it so that the plant doesn't need to develop nectar spoons and color to attract insects because it's getting all the nutrition it needs from the soil. Anyway, here are some photos of the dividing and repotting process. Uprooted: Divided: Repotted: At home in their terrarium with all of their Heli friends:
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Post by lloyd on Jun 11, 2010 14:58:14 GMT -5
On a previous thread some Heli aficionado said that it is cool temperatures that give the nice red colour. It is not light or ultraviolet: last year I had mine outside in sun so hot that it fried some dews and pings but the heli's stayed nice and green.
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Post by flytrapcare.com on Jun 11, 2010 15:07:47 GMT -5
On a previous thread some Heli aficionado said that it is cool temperatures that give the nice red colour. It is not light or ultraviolet: last year I had mine outside in sun so hot that it fried some dews and pings but the heli's stayed nice and green. That's interesting Lloyd! How hot do you think it was? Do you know what the ambient humidity was? I'm thinking about moving some of my Heliamphora out in to the greenhouse once they get settled back in from the dividing.
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Post by lloyd on Jun 11, 2010 15:26:10 GMT -5
It was on my deck. The sun is so intense that my ears burn in about 5 minutes and it is too hot to stay in the sun. The humidity is Toronto summer standard (very muggy).
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Post by flytrapcare.com on Jun 11, 2010 17:10:01 GMT -5
It was on my deck. The sun is so intense that my ears burn in about 5 minutes and it is too hot to stay in the sun. The humidity is Toronto summer standard (very muggy). Unfortunately (for the plants, fortunately for me) the humidity here is almost non-existent in the summer. But it doesn't get that hot. Maybe they'd do well outside. I'm going to move a few of them outside and see. By the way, what species or hybrid is your Heliamphora?
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Post by lloyd on Jun 11, 2010 20:41:44 GMT -5
I have some kind of nutans (?hybrid), minor and tatei. I'd be cautious in Boulder, you're further south, drier and higher so the UV could be damaging to the plants.
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Post by flytrapcare.com on Jun 12, 2010 12:36:06 GMT -5
I have some kind of nutans (?hybrid), minor and tatei. I'd be cautious in Boulder, you're further south, drier and higher so the UV could be damaging to the plants. Oops, I forgot to update my profile information last year when I moved. I'm actually in Ashland, OR now, but the weather here in the summer is still quite dry and the elevation is 2300 feet or so. So I'd guess the same precautions would apply.
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