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Post by Rug on Jul 3, 2007 19:24:26 GMT -5
Updated July 3rd. Got 2 new Neps from Macro. N. Macfarlanei and Maxima. I ditched the vft and sarr. seeds I had in Canadian moss. Bad choice of medium I guess. Still waiting on the seeds in peat moss perlite mix.
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Post by vraev on Jul 3, 2007 20:23:31 GMT -5
any pics dude?? You haven't shown too many pics of your neps
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Post by Rug on Jul 3, 2007 21:23:20 GMT -5
Yeah as soon as I can. My stupid camera only takes 2 pics then the batteries are dead believe it or not. So I have been picking and choosing what to take pics of. On top of that over 50% are blurry cause the auto focus works like dung! Not to mention how long it takes Image shack to actually post an image. I have to try about 15 times before it takes. But, yeah I'll take some pics. I just built a new set up for my highland neps. Its kinda cool cause its a portable closet and I added a shelf put a big 4 ft light over it and am gonna put a 2 bulb 2ft light inside of it. I heat it up using an aquarium heater in a huge pickle jar of water which gives me roughly 77% humidity and a temp of 75 deg fahrenhiet. The 2 ft light should give me the extra few deg. up to about 80. I have that all on a timer to go off after 16 hours and since its in my basement it cools down to about 62 deg at night. I haven't put any plants in it yet as I want to see how stable it is with temp and humidity. Then I need to make a catch tray for the excess condensation. I have my fingers crossed for good results. i will post pics of that as well. Does anyone know of a better image hosting site???
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Post by vraev on Jul 3, 2007 22:29:58 GMT -5
don't bother with imageshack. Use photobucket.com ... I gave up on imageshack. Its a shame as I had been using it for years now. That setup sounds cool buddy. It seems like you will be able to grow very very happy highlanders in there.
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Post by insectivore on Jul 4, 2007 6:43:31 GMT -5
Imageshack works fine for me... Cya
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Post by Rug on Jul 6, 2007 18:01:34 GMT -5
Ok heres those requested pics! First pic is of my neps. in the greenhouse. From top right going clockwise N. Maxima, N. Truncata, N. Mixta, N.Pillosa x Veitchii, N. Rafflesiana, N. Rajah (tiny), N. Macfarlanei. With plastic removed. My Judith Finn in the window nest to my N. Ventricosa My VFT farm My sundews and 2 Akai Ryu's in the back. My outdoor trail for Dente's and my Sarrs. Notice how big and red the VFT's are. The mouths on the vfts are bigger than my B52 And the last 2 N. Judith Finns in my "work in progress" enclosure.
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Post by vraev on Jul 6, 2007 18:05:11 GMT -5
as I mentioned earlier dude. Totally awsome!! wow! All you need to do is now: WAIT and see. I am pretty sure that your plants will love all the conditions you are providing. Amazing. GOod job! BTW....which one is the rajah..the one on the right of the rafflesiana or the left? Whats that on the left of rafflesiana...looks like ceph leaves. That is insanely small.
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Post by Rug on Jul 6, 2007 18:38:04 GMT -5
LOL yeah thats my Rajah! Very tiny! Macro says they will just take off if you give them the conditions to do so but said that in the wild they take a while as well. Just like u said REAL slow grower at first!
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Post by vraev on Jul 6, 2007 18:47:16 GMT -5
yeah man! its just insane how slow it is. of the 5 neps I have...the miranda is like a race horse. Holy crap this plant is fast. The ventrata is like a ferrari...lol! this thing made a jump in tendril pitcher increase which took like 1 week for the bical. .. lol! I guess the others are sitll adjusting but, I would say next is ramispina which seems to be perking up really really well. made 2 leaves and it looks really well. the newest leaf is bigger than the older one. rajah....holy shit this plant is scary. Insane...its as freaking slow as a ceph....man!!!!
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Post by Rug on Jul 6, 2007 20:02:33 GMT -5
Oh yeah updated it today. Thnx for the plants Vraev
5 - 6 x capensis seedlings , 1 x adult sized capensis 1 x ping primuliflora 3 -4 x very small drosera dielsiana seedlings 1 x wad of utricularia longfolia
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Post by vraev on Jul 6, 2007 20:42:16 GMT -5
np man! glad that I could help! It helps my conscience considering so many others here have helped me when I started.
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Post by lloyd on Jul 6, 2007 20:44:16 GMT -5
Nice looking set-up and plants.
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Post by vraev on Jul 7, 2007 1:17:37 GMT -5
Rug, whats the light u r using in your enclousure?
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Post by Rug on Jul 7, 2007 8:19:23 GMT -5
I'm using 4 different tubes actually. I have a "Power glo" a "Flora Gro" a ge grow and show on the bottom for my VFT's and sundews. For my neps I have 2, 2ft "GE Plant and Aquarium" tubes.
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Post by Rug on Aug 2, 2007 19:53:25 GMT -5
Updated Aug. 2nd
Quite a few new updates in the Drosera category. Got a Red Dragon (vft). Some P.Moranensises and a few new Sar. Purpurea's, as well as a D. Multifida extrema and planted a whack load of seeds (they got wet during shipping so I sowed them immedeatly)
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