Re: Heliamphora - easy to grow?

Paul Temple (temple_p@bst.dec.com)
Fri, 12 Nov 93 17:02:09 +0000

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John

Heliamphora growing:-

In the UK, I grow mine under strip lighting in an unheated room (about
5C/41F winter minimum temperature). New plants always seem to need
aclimatising, starting underr a dome to maintain high humidity, then
tolerating gradual exposure to the air. Once acimatised, I just keep
them in one inch of standing water or more. I don't syringe, spray,
fill up the pitchers, etc at all. They seem to like what I do 'cos
they flower! New offsets, plants obtained from someone else, both get
treated as "new".

In other words, they're easy (which makes me wonder why there are only
3 types available in the UK?)

Regards

Paul