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Old 25th September 2009, 12:38 PM
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Hi, anyone can help me out with this.

Recently I notice my Akai Ryu has been producing new leafs, most noticebly the three as shown in pictures (clockwise direction: 1:00, 8:00 and 10:00) show relatively bigger leaf than the rest. And their traps are slightly a little smaller than those that are matured (the red ones).



I didn't notice anything wrong though. No pest, no decay etc etc. It looks pretty healthy to me. I wonder what could make it this. Help

This is how it looked like when I bought it back from Fauzi 3 weeks ago...

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doesn't seem like anything bad happened..
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could it be an early symptom of it going to dormancy?
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I would suggest not enough light. Akai Ryu is essentially a red plant. In order to get this colour it needs strong light. As the leaves here are predominantly green and the petioles are quite large I think you need to increase the amount of light it receives.
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I would suggest not enough light. Akai Ryu is essentially a red plant. In order to get this colour it needs strong light. As the leaves here are predominantly green and the petioles are quite large I think you need to increase the amount of light it receives.
Perhaps yes. I place it indoor just beside my second floor window facing south west, thus it gets pretty damn intense direct sunlight from 4:00pm till 6:00ppm. Other time, just bright. I thought it's sufficient enough, guess I'm wrong then. I'll introduce artificial light and see if it gets better.

Strangely enough, other VFTs don't seem to give me this phenomenon though
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Akai ryu need more light because the red colour blocks the sunlight?
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Like Salvias leaves shrink if you only take the big ones? Is there a way to manipulate this for MORE overall leaf quantity? since that IS the point after all
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