wistuba order

[strath76]

The requirements will depend on whether the plants are lowland or highland. The bical is lowland and requires very warm and humid conditons to survive. You need to ensure that this plant stays warm. Some of the others can be either lowland or highland so if you know which that will make iot easier. Otherwise you will have to try one set of conditions and monitor the plant. The highlands should be a little easier to acclimatise since you are coming onto winter. They will do best if the temps are mid 20's celcius during the day, droping to around 18 at night. Of course these are optimal conditons and my highlands grow outside in temperate Australia through the winter in my glass house which is un heated (the temps can get down near to 0) and don't seem to mind too much at all.

As for media Nep's prefer a mixture that is wuite airy. Highlands will grow well in pure Sphagnum or you can mix in some pine bark or perlite to make it a little more open. The lowlands generally go better with a mix that has some peat moss in it. something with perlite, pine bark and peat should work well for these. Of course everyone has different ideas and different mixes that work for them. I personally use several different mixes for different plants. It all depends on what seems to work best for individual species.