Re: CP

Ninja Squirrel Master (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 8 Jun 92 17:32:18 PDT

>>I have germination from all three kinds of Nepenthes I bought from Allen
>>Lowrie. I have six seedlings of N. vieillardii (red lower leaves) so I
>>should have extra to trade if anyone wants to get in line. Robert, do you
>>have germination from N. lowii yet?

Nope. My previous success at Nepenthes germination was I think the
result of using an aquarium heater in a bottle of water inside my
fishtank terrarium. High heat and humidity. I've since removed that
because of lack of space and getting tired of filling the bottle up,
so my heat and humidity are down.
>>
>>My two D. falconeri are doing fine. There was no "dew" on the glands, so I
>>stuck each into a baggie. After a few days, they look noticably more
>>perky and they are producing a small amount of dew on the leaves. The plants
>>are making leaves with the wide lamina similar to the photos seen in CPN.
>>My indoor greenhouse has humidity of 85+%, but I noticed my D. prolifera
>>didn't look too happy and didn't produce much dew on their leaves till
>>I stuck these in baggies too.

I've had mixed results with D. petiolaris. IMHO, the ONLY media to
grow this in is pure live spaghnum. Then it will do well under lights
or outside. I have both, and the flower stalk plantlet I have inside
is much less vigorous than the plant I have outside.

I do think that air movement is important, and at one time entertained
the idea of getting a very small fan hooked up to a solar cell in my
terrarium. I was hoping that my lights would power the solar cell.
Hmmm. I guess I could make money by selling a small fan/thermostat
assemblage that would stick on the inside of terrariums... Hmmm....

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