High humidity DOES make a difference!

[Amelie.Poulain]

I started this terrarium about christmas time.



How it looks inside on the last day of 2008.


About 20 days later



Notice the N. ventricosa that's on the upper right corner? It ws doing very miserably before, almost no growth & no pitcher for almost a year. It's thriving very well in the terrarium, producing lot's of pitchers & the pitchers are doubling in size almost every other day as you can see in the photos. New leaves also unfurls & produces pitcher instantaniously.

The N. 'Red Lantern' has also produced multiple pitchers just as the N. faizaliana & the N. veitchii. Everything looks great!

I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for positive development in the other plants.

[Amelie.Poulain]

Close-up of the plants



N. rajah & the pitcher of N. 'Red Lantern' + a peep of the N.faizaliana pitcher.

[shawnintland]

Yep, everybody looks much happier Athena! Not to mention - no grasshoppers! What is the 'red lantern'? I don't know about it I guess?
I was just thinking it's about time to set up an automated misting system on my neps before the temperatures start soaring here in the next few months! I think you just convinced me to do it! Thanks!

[funkychips]

Yes I knew it I knew it I knew it!!! Humidity!! You have made my day by proving it Athene, Robert!! Thanks so much!!! *runs to measure glass tank*
But seriously I do notice an improvement in my Nep bellii and cuttings when they were last placed in an exoterra terrarium. They sort of root faster and the cut leaves still stay green without wilting. If I can get a bigger tank to accomodate my plants then this will clear my forever infamous issue of low humidity that's been bugging me for ages!!!
By the way, nice design of the terrarium you have there Athene. Ibelieve it is custom made? The handiwork is really neat.

[Amelie.Poulain]

Shawn,

Touch wood, so far the grasshoppers has not mess with my CPs,eventhough I've found some giant ones in the garden.

And the other day, I saw something moving on a rose leaf, ohmigod! it was a whole bunch of tiny grasshopper! Took a ziploc and just trap them all quickly in one swoop. Pop it in the freezer, my CP was feasting the next day - there's 19 of them grasshopper btw!

I'm still trying to figure out the N. 'Red Lantern', David helped me get it . The seller claim that I should be able to google it but so far the closes hit I've got is N. 'Gardentech'. Hope by posting the photo here I'll be able to get some form of description.

Misting system should be great in this kind of weather, it's been quite gloomy & windy and yet water evaporation rate is very high. I used to top-up my water tray every 3rd or 4th day, and during hot weather it would last at least 2 days. Now I have to do it daily if not more often!

[Amelie.Poulain]

Robert the begonias are doing fine being 'neglected'. Any form of attention, it would start to act up!

My last trip back to Kelantan, I got some wild begonia from one of the neighbors, I'll snap some photos tomorrow, see if you can help to ID.

[Robert]

yeah i believed so. They look healthy and leaves are turgid. I kept plants like orchids and begonia ( which also flowers inside the transparent plastic box i use )