Nep.Bicalcarata

[Aliamyz]

Can bicalcarata be grown in fully shade condition?
My balcony only has direct sunlight or complete shade.
Any experienced member?
Thanx for helping.

[jeff1u]

Bical I heard It can take Full Sun. Filter Sun it tend to grow not the well.

[bifurcatum]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

Can bicalcarata be grown in fully shade condition?
My balcony only has direct sunlight or complete shade.
Any experienced member?
Thanx for helping.

fully shade? Is the place very dark or bright?
I have 2 bical. One in full sun and another one about 60% shade. The one under full sun grown smaller leaves.

[kltower]

Ali,

From the many photos of bicalcarata in the wild I had seen (check out wistuba website: http://www.heliamphora.de/01b0219314...304/index.html), they like growing in shaded area.

Perhaps, Robert and junglemike with their many encounters can confirm this.

Choong

[NepNut]

What I heard is that too much light will bleach the color of the pitcher for bical, can someone confirm this? Thanks.

[bonsay]

all my bicals, 4 plants 1 with 3 basals, are exposed to direct sunlight at least 4 hours each day... all have orange pitchers.... from what i read in 'nepenthes of borneo' 2nd edition it says that some do grow in shaded area and thats why they have big leafs so it could catch more light.... CMIIW

[edwardyeeks]

Well, some shade is the best, but full sun isn't that bad. How shaded is your area, Ali?

Cheers

[kentosaurs]

Well i can't really comment on this since my N bical is only on its way on making its 1st pitcher.....It gets well half full sun and half shaded since some parts of it is covered by my other neps.From what i heard dappled or shaded is the best,

Ken

[Aliamyz]

Thanx for your reply guys,
My right handside of my balcony receives sunlight from morning untill about 12.00p.m
and my left handside receives sunlight from 3p.m till the rest of the day.
I'm currently growing mine under my hibiscus.So far it's doing ok but i dont want to disturb it while it grows and i want to set a place up for it permanently.

[harris]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

Thanx for your reply guys,
My right handside of my balcony receives sunlight from morning untill about 12.00p.m
and my left handside receives sunlight from 3p.m till the rest of the day.
I'm currently growing mine under my hibiscus.So far it's doing ok but i dont want to disturb it while it grows and i want to set a place up for it permanently.

My personal opinion lah:

If you grow plants on balcony, the light intensity is not the same all year round. The best thing you can do is get a bamboo blind for your balcony. In the hotter months, just pull the the blind down to give it some shade and if the sun is not so intense bring the blind up. Also, I think it is best to have a water urn to bring up the moisture content in the balcony area for your neps.

I grow my bical under 20% shade and it is growing well.