Yet another problem...

[jimmy0123]

Hi all need some opinion here. Got this N. spectabilis from group purchase and is not doing well. Currently place under 50% shade with around 10am-3pm sunlight. As pic show, leaves are quite wrinkled and a bit pale. Is this due to too much sunlight + low humidity? Is N. spectabilis a more shady plant?

[edwardyeeks]

I think the plant is still settling in. Did you just water the plant? The media looks quite wet. Usually, when I receive bare rooted plants, I control the watering and let the top layer of the media dry out (but not the whole media) so that the roots can establish firmly and more quickly. It looks quite fine though.

[tzestan]

New plant usually takes a while to settle in. A sibuyanensis from last year gp took 2.5 months before resuming its active growth. I think it is still early for this round's plants, being barely 2 weeks.

Your plant looks ok to me. Probably can increase shading. Mine is at roughly 70%.

[jimmy0123]

Noted. About watering i just did it before taking pitcher and lately hot weather causes the top layer to dry out frequently so usually i moist the top layer everyday if so and also spray few times a day to increase humidity. I'll try to add more shade if can cause out of usable materials for shading

[kepikimut]

imho,there's something wrong with the media/root.

[edwardyeeks]

I think that the hot weather is making the humidity drop. Don't worry too much. Like tzestan said, more shade can help.

Kepikimut, what does IMHO mean?

[kepikimut]

Originally Posted by edwardyeeks

I think that the hot weather is making the humidity drop. Don't worry too much. Like tzestan said, more shade can help.

Kepikimut, what does IMHO mean?

in my humble opinion

[jimmy0123]

Originally Posted by kepikimut

imho,there's something wrong with the media/root.

Maybe is the root cause most plant from group purchase have very short root. The media I've been using for other cp plants and they are doing well. So maybe is the root....

[allenphoon]

you should keep them inside a plastic bag for the first few weeks, so that they have chance to recover from shock, the plant that we get from the group purchase seems to newly released from TC, and hardern for a few month. Thats why look a bit toufu

[jimmy0123]

Originally Posted by allenphoon

you should keep them inside a plastic bag for the first few weeks, so that they have chance to recover from shock, the plant that we get from the group purchase seems to newly released from TC, and hardern for a few month. Thats why look a bit toufu

You mean whole pot in plastic bag? If so need to poke hole? Place under shade or totally shaded?