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[TS]

That help alot, thanks Robert.

[Aliamyz]

Robert,
Is it necessary to add limestone to the media for growing northiana?

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

Robert,
Is it necessary to add limestone to the media for growing northiana?

In home cultivation it's advisable to use very well drain media as northiana dislike wet and soggy medium. Adding limestone chips will help in draining excess water. whether it has benefits has yet to be proven.

[kentosaurs]

37 c during the afternoon and 30 during the nights isn't that too hot for most neps????!!!!!!!!Humdity is quite low to for a tropical country if thats where it is.Neps in the wild always look cut or burned but the are somehow healthy and the pitchers might (normally) not be as big as the ones in cultivation but the sure look good

Ken

[Robert]

Originally Posted by kentosaurs

37 c during the afternoon and 30 during the nights isn't that too hot for most neps????!!!!!!!!Humdity is quite low to for a tropical country if thats where it is.Neps in the wild always look cut or burned but the are somehow healthy and the pitchers might (normally) not be as big as the ones in cultivation but the sure look good

Ken

yup, it's hot in the day and their appearance were affected by the environment where they grow with regards to shade and open ground.

[kentosaurs]

OoOoOoO i always thought the forest would be maybe 1-2 C colder than the city but turns out to be much hotter.Maybe the shade protected them from the sun therefore there is not so much damage on the plant.

Ken

[Cindy]

Day temp 37ºC, night 30ºC (lower during rainy monsoon ie 28ºC ), humidity day around 60% , night 80%.

Good to know that, Robert. Now that explains why the species is still pitchering during the hottest season when my balcony goes up to 35ºC.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by kentosaurs

OoOoOoO i always thought the forest would be maybe 1-2 C colder than the city but turns out to be much hotter.Maybe the shade protected them from the sun therefore there is not so much damage on the plant.

Ken

Hi Ken, it is much more hotter and humid in the daytime when the sun was directly overhead on limestone hills. It was the total surface area that influence the temp. Limestone hills doesn't support so much tall trees that we find in lowland dipterocarp forest but other form of plants associated with limestone thrive not found in lowland rainforest.

Originally Posted by Cindy

Good to know that, Robert. Now that explains why the species is still pitchering during the hottest season when my balcony goes up to 35ºC.

Glad you understand cindy, the reasons it grows well for you