David: My new "Pet"

[David]

Originally Posted by edwardyeeks

Hi, David, just dropping by. How is your heliamphora? I hope it is healhy......

Cheers

It's doing fine edward. Thanks for asking. Below is a picture I just took, but as you can see, there's not much difference compared to the last picture I post in this thread. But it has given me alot of small pitchers compred to the first few pictures of the plant when I first got it.

Growth is very slow but lately the leaves are developing faster thanks to the cooler temperatures because of the rains.

[edwardyeeks]

Ooohhh, looks like it has more pitchers than the earlier ones........well, congrats, David. Your heliamphora is very healthy looking......

Cheers

[plantlover]

I want one. Your heliamphora is very nice. Congrats in keeping it alive.

[David]

Thanks...

[marvin1997]

How's your Heli?I think mine died.Erm,where do you keep it?Is the one in the background also a Heli?

[David]

Marvin,

Mine died as well... not because of anything but my carelessness. I poured some diluted orchid fertiliser into it's pitchers and the plant start to dry up and die over an excruciating period of about 1-2 months.

Thought that would help in it's growth since it cannot catch insects in my closed terrarium. But I think some of the fertiliser flowed into the media and that burned the roots.

The plant at the background is the same plant. It's a mirror reflection. I built the terrarium with the mirror so that light can be reflected back on the plant maximising the light intensity on the plant.

[Khoas]

Sorry hear both of you have lost your heli. With fertilizer use a 1 in 10 dilution. Mike (ACPS member) uses a 10% solution of Manutec fertilizer on his swamp pitchers and keep winning the monthly competition with them.

[David]

Thanks for the advise Khoas. Will try that out with my next heli if I get another one in the near future. Will google Manutec fetilizer to find out more.

[TranMinh]

Hi,
David love your "pet" ! You grow it out side ? with no aircondition ? it can survire ? Sorry I think that too much question !

[caseyhoo]

Khoas, out of topic. You means Mike pour not organice fertilizer to his CP's pitcher? I thought pitcher will dry?

So far, I just spray fertilizer to my CP and not dare to pour it to pitcher. Im using fertilizer that I mixed my self.