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> > > My next victim will be a N.rafflesiana. I am simply waiting for
> > > one of my plants to get get big enough for a cutting.
> >
> >
> > I have been growing N.rafflesiana in a low humidity environment
> > (house hold levels) and it doesn't like at all. It does produce
> > pitchers but these are small and short lived. It has been growing
> > quickly as far I can tell,
> however.
> > It's a heathly plant but the low humidity just knocks the pitchers
> > off.
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> >
Dave, how's the light conditions here?
> > Dave Evans
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> I am impressed with the growers who manage all kinds of Nepenthes in
> home environments. I can't imagine how you succeed in homes with
> central heat and air.
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> Even here in Florida where the humidity is often 100%, I have several
> Nepenthes that simply do not like open air environments. They produce
> new healthy leaves but simply don't pitcher. In fact, if I have a
> plant that is not pitchering I invariably put it in a terrarium setup
> under lights, which has always turned the plant around.
Hey, look what you write! ... setup under lights...
Is that the answer to pitchering?
Proper light conditions before humidity.
..Pekka
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