Can Mirabilis take direct sunlight?
 

Hi everyone

I recently got a mirabilis from a nice member here.....And there were cuttings and a basal separation...The basal already has quite a normal/large sized root system for its sized and its already growing and pitchering....It suppose to be a mirabilis red but now making green pitchers and the red pitchers has died of due to change of enviroment..So since mirabilis likes very high humidity i'm afriad of putting it out in direct sunlight since there humidity is very low but if i don't it'll be a green mirabilis lol:thumbdown: Any suggestions?

Ken

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Forgot to mention....The direct sunlight is the morning direct sunlight....From maybe 8am till 12pm......

Ken

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I think mirabilis is a kind strong neps. If your mirabilis begin to grow normally after changing the enviroment, you can give it more sunlight. And I think mirabilis like sunlight very much.

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Your mirabilis definally can take the morning direct sunlight you mention. But since it is in the shadier condition now, some leaves might burn. Just make sure the water tray is always filled for the first 1-2 weeks.

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Hi guys

Okays....i shall slowly acclimatise the plant...Today i already put it in about an hour of direct sunlight..So far not burned..Although some parts of the leaves were covered by my VFT pot...

Ken

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yes just gradually introduce it to the sunlight. eventually it will color up.. even the leaves. the red color is stunning. my mirabilis has been under full sun for almost three years now.. its growing like its an invading weed.

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I agree, just make sure that you keep the water tray topped up with water. Last night I came back from a long weekend, and was so shocked that my Mirabilis was wilting, so I quickly watered all of my plants (height of the summer here now). Next day the Mirabilis looked okay already. What happened was the water tray dried up, the Gracilis that it was sharing the tray with was fine, so yes Mirabilis likes to be WET. Regardless of sunlight intensity.

TTFN
Arvin

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yeah. i think this species is one of the hardiest of neps.

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ken,be patient, it doesn't help putting an hr or 2 in morning direct sunlight. Any neps that were acquired recently has to be acclimatise. Keep it under cool bright shade, let it grow until healthy leaves and roots formed. The whole process may take a 1-2 months.

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Hi Ken, for most of us in Indonesia, N. mirabilis is one of the easiest, die harder, we always start with this species. Yes, mirabilis loves direct sun, from my experience, low intensity of light won't make mirabilis pitchering. Under the full sun, I get colorful pitcher, also bigger pitcher. the leaves? as long as you don't care about burning spot - you don't have to worry. Because as soon as time running, it will adapt. But, don't let him dry - because N. mirabilis is water maniac compare to other lowlander..
But, as Robert said, moved them to the direct sun step by step..

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Hello Ken, this is my mirabilis photos to compare...

Indirect sun....
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...a/SN151188.png

Direct sun..
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...a/SN151186.png

sorry for the bad photo quality, but it's quite informative to do the compare...

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very nice pitchers. but i must say, i havent seen any local mirabilis here with such stunning colours as your. most of the plants here in malaysia, even the wild under full sun, dont look as good as yours, from my limited experience. however, a mirabilis var echinostoma i got from fauzi, does look a bit like yours, with red body. interesting....

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Hi Jonathan

Thanks for the stunning pictures....Seems like there is not much difference but i can see the one in full sun has more red and less green spots...Looks like a elongated N x Coccinea to me lol..
Speaking of mirabilis var enchinotsoma..Mine is just making bigger and bigger leaves...Tendrills just don't grow longer....Well so far i've heard mirabilis var enchinotsoma does not like direct sunlight..

Ken