Re: Athene's 'sorry excuse of a' Growlist
 

I used to grow my highlands bagged & at a very shaded area.

Just last month I got a small glass chamber & transfered them into it. In the process of doing that, I lost a N. lowii, a N. tentaculata & a N. burbidgeae :( Thank god I still have other pots of them :) My N. x Lady Pauline also wilted the very next day, so I moved it back to the original place.

Other plants are doing okay in the terrarium, including the N. rajah. The ventricosa that was being very tempramental also thrive in it, producing lot's of pitchers & the pitchers are doubling in size almost every three days. The terrarium is lined with life sphagnum moss btw.

I plant my N. sanguinea, N. ramispina & some other highlands outdoor under the pergola & along the wall. They are doing great too, pitchers on almost every new leaves.

If you look at old postings here & at the old forum, you can see a lot photos of my plants.

I'll see if I have photos of the new setup, if I do, I post them here.

My highland plants
 

The entire setup

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=485

What's inside

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=494

Other highlands that's not planted in the terrarium- mostly N. sanguinea & N. ramispina + hybrids of the two.

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=489

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=486

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=488

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=487

N. x 'Lady Pauline'

https://forum.petpitcher.net/pict...&pictureid=492

Re: My highland plants
 

Nice setup and nice plant, I'm guessing your terrarium is in an air-cond room?

Re: My highland plants
 

Robert, hahhaha... actually the terrarium is outside, definitely no airconditioning! It's in my porch, quite protected from direct sunlight.

Re: My highland plants
 

oops... :blush: So humidity is the key... :smile:

Re: My highland plants
 

Yup, high humidity works miracle for me.

Even before the terrarium, I've been bagging all my new arrival in big bags, some even up to 4 months. My N. rafflesiana 'Giant Form' even produced a truly giant (in my book anyway) pitcher while in the bag.

It must be the location too, the bags are on the floor in front of the s/steel rack, facing inward to the house. And the tiles helps to cool everything, I guess.

Re: My highland plants
 

Hi Athene

WOW beautiful pics LOVE IT....................Very nice work done there.....Proffesional hehehehe.........Anyways no cooling O.O i see....Well means they are kinda in lowland conditions?I use perlite as the bottom of the terrarium cos LFS im scared that algae will grow crazy and also fungus.But even using perlite a small section turned green cos its quite wet...Your rajah is 2 times bigger than mine :p mine is 3.5" with one pitcher bud which doesn't seem to be doing much.Anyways thanks for the pics.

Ken

Re: My highland plants
 

Ken, I got the rajah on Christmas day, via a bet won :)

Kudos to my kind benefactor, you know who you are :2thumbup: Next time we bet on a Hamata okay :wink wink:

I put lots of LSM at the base, they are also soaked in water, so far the setup is > than 45 days old, I haven't had any algae or fungus problem (touch wood!) with it. The same can't be said with the glass test-tube wannabe thingie with the cork cover. I'm seeing algae at the rim of the media!

Re: My highland plants
 

Well once awhile i even have to take my neps out and then drained out the water from the perlite.....Perlite for me seems to attract less algae compared to LFS....But then it absorbes a lot of water that means i have to drain it about 1-2 times a month.A bet and you won a rajah hahaha.......And hamata next? Thats nuts :p

Ken

Re: Athene's 'sorry excuse of a' Growlist
 

Had to update too, getting way too many scoldings already :(