Re: Help, for Dionaea
Carl Mazur (cherryhillcp@freenet.hamilton.on.ca)
Wed, 17 Jul 1996 21:57:54 -0400 (EDT)
>
> I'm not sure, but I think the ultraviolet portion of
> the daylight spectrum promotes the reddish color.
> I haven't tried putting Dionaea in a UV-free environment
> to test this. Others on the list probably know the answer.
>
Interesting this should come up. About 1 month ago I moved all my plants
from the greenhouse to the great outdoors. Its amazing the increase in
colouration of my Sarrs and VFTs. The greenhouse gets full sun, with no
shading. The only barrier between the plants and the sunlight is the
Lexan. Lexan does filter some UV out, and I do notice that the plants
don't colour up as well inside the greenhouse.
Carl Mazur