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One Orchid Question and an OT Question About Nepenthes
I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount,
it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright,
warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright,
warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
Thanks for the help. I have an old aquarium I was planning to turn into a
terarrium, I hope that will keep it humid enough and the light will help keep it warm and bright enough. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright, warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
Thanks for the help. I have an old aquarium I was planning to turn into a
terarrium, I hope that will keep it humid enough and the light will help keep it warm and bright enough. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright, warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
I don't think a terrarium is a good idea,
Nepenthes need a LOT of light - along the lines of vandas. How are you going to do that in a terrarium? -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Shell" wrote in message . com... Thanks for the help. I have an old aquarium I was planning to turn into a terarrium, I hope that will keep it humid enough and the light will help keep it warm and bright enough. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright, warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
I don't think a terrarium is a good idea,
Nepenthes need a LOT of light - along the lines of vandas. How are you going to do that in a terrarium? -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. "Shell" wrote in message . com... Thanks for the help. I have an old aquarium I was planning to turn into a terarrium, I hope that will keep it humid enough and the light will help keep it warm and bright enough. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright, warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
There's already a lot of light in my computer room and I have 2 plant
lights, plus I thought I would rig up some extra flourescents and the old aquarium light. My middle name is Rig It :) I will figure something out. My real problem is rigging up a night box of some kind for my Christmas cactus so I can get it to set buds. It's a fairly large plant Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... I don't think a terrarium is a good idea, Nepenthes need a LOT of light - along the lines of vandas. How are you going to do that in a terrarium? -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... Thanks for the help. I have an old aquarium I was planning to turn into a terarrium, I hope that will keep it humid enough and the light will help keep it warm and bright enough. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Nepenthes: start with N. alata, and be prepared to grow it super bright, warm, humid, and don't feed it. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . "Shell" wrote in message . com... I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 |
Shell wrote:
I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 I have a Nepenthes (not sure which one, as the label doesn't say) growing in fine bark. I keep it pretty damp and feed it any slugs or bugs I find on my plants. Give it lots of room, as mine currently has two eight-foot growths with about twenty-five pods each. I keep mine on the top shelf of the center isle of my greenhouse, so it gets lots of light. Good luck with yours. Jerry |
Shell wrote:
I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? My other question is about Nepenthes plants. Does anyone here grow them? I need all the advice I can get on them. Thaks in advance Shell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 I have a Nepenthes (not sure which one, as the label doesn't say) growing in fine bark. I keep it pretty damp and feed it any slugs or bugs I find on my plants. Give it lots of room, as mine currently has two eight-foot growths with about twenty-five pods each. I keep mine on the top shelf of the center isle of my greenhouse, so it gets lots of light. Good luck with yours. Jerry |
I had thought neps take a lot of light- and they do, in many
cases, to grow them well. However, a nepenthes hybrid I have growing on my desk at work is no closer than 8' away from fluorescent lights, shoved back into a corner next to an aquarium with a paltry 15 watt bulb (which it can't possibly be getting much light from), inside a plastic container that can't be transmitting too much light. I use the plastic tub only to keep the humidity up, since it's normally around 9% during the day out here in the desert. While I wouldn't say it's thriving, it is throwing pitchers and otherwise doing quite well. While many mature neps require lots of room, young ones are easy enough to protect and grow well in a terrarium. I grow a number in vitro, and they're kept at the same light as the orchids- about 14" away from twin 40-watt fluorescent tubes. The address in the header is bogus. Send no e-mail there. -AJHicks Chandler, AZ |
I had thought neps take a lot of light- and they do, in many
cases, to grow them well. However, a nepenthes hybrid I have growing on my desk at work is no closer than 8' away from fluorescent lights, shoved back into a corner next to an aquarium with a paltry 15 watt bulb (which it can't possibly be getting much light from), inside a plastic container that can't be transmitting too much light. I use the plastic tub only to keep the humidity up, since it's normally around 9% during the day out here in the desert. While I wouldn't say it's thriving, it is throwing pitchers and otherwise doing quite well. While many mature neps require lots of room, young ones are easy enough to protect and grow well in a terrarium. I grow a number in vitro, and they're kept at the same light as the orchids- about 14" away from twin 40-watt fluorescent tubes. The address in the header is bogus. Send no e-mail there. -AJHicks Chandler, AZ |
"Ray" wrote in message ...
I don't think a terrarium is a good idea, Nepenthes need a LOT of light - along the lines of vandas. How are you going to do that in a terrarium? Before I had my greenhouse, I grew many Nepenthes in terrariums or under fluorescent light. Humidity, not light, seems to be the biggest limiting factor indoors, so a terrarium or grow chamber can help. In the greenhouse, I grow them in a variety of exposures, from bright light at the top of the greenhouse to shadier spots with the Paphs. A bigger problem than light is that Nepenthes are typically BIG plants and will rapidly outgrow most terraria. Some people keep seedlings and trade them out when they get too big. That's not really satisfactory IMO, because then you never see the really mature pitchers. N. alata and especially its hybrid N. Ventrata are well suited to windowsill or under-lights culture. In a smaller terrarium, try Nepenthes gracilis or N. ampullaria. N. gracilis is a miniature scrambler. N. ampullaria produces very long vines. However, it also produces rosettes of pitches at ground level, and the climbing vines can be pruned. Lowland and intermediate altitude plants are best for indoor growers. A centrally heated house is too warm for most highlanders. Regards, Nick -- |
"Shell" wrote in message .com...
I just got a Schlumburgkia brysiana and I want to take it off its mount, it's wired to a piece of bark like stuff, and I want to pot it. Will phal mix be ok? Your Schomburgkia really will be much happier mounted. They tend to be moderately xerophytic plants, so they will tolerate dry indoor conditions while mounted. Most of the potted plants I've seen look a bit funny, because the orientation of the pseudobulbs is better suited to a mount. If you must pot, use an open mix (coarse bark, aliflor, large perlite, or charcoal chunks). Your Phal mix may be O.K., but I would avoid any pro-mix or peat-based mixes. Regards, Nick -- |
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