vft guy in SJ
VFT and Drosera lover
Hi guys... My N. hamata is looking kinda poorly right now and I am looking for possible ideas as to why.
I recently replaced the fluorescent tubes over the tank it sits in and it immediately reacted by makeing progressively smaller leaves with (for the leaf size) pretty large pitchers.
In the first pic you can see on the top right of the plant a regular sized leaf, with a very tiny pitcher on it. (The pitcher is below the old red-brown leaf to the right of the larger pitcher.) The next leaf to the bottom left has a midsized pitcher, but the leaf is smaller the the previous leaves by about 50%.
In the second pic, as you can see, the newest pitcher/leaf the leaf is almost non-existant but the pitcher is large and well defined.
If you look in the center of the plant you can see that it appears to be forming a second growth point.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this before?
Thanks
Steve
Full size pics are available here:
http://steve.nightscapecreations.com/hamatadec06/hamata1full.JPG
http://steve.nightscapecreations.com/hamatadec06/hamata2full.JPG
I recently replaced the fluorescent tubes over the tank it sits in and it immediately reacted by makeing progressively smaller leaves with (for the leaf size) pretty large pitchers.
In the first pic you can see on the top right of the plant a regular sized leaf, with a very tiny pitcher on it. (The pitcher is below the old red-brown leaf to the right of the larger pitcher.) The next leaf to the bottom left has a midsized pitcher, but the leaf is smaller the the previous leaves by about 50%.
In the second pic, as you can see, the newest pitcher/leaf the leaf is almost non-existant but the pitcher is large and well defined.
If you look in the center of the plant you can see that it appears to be forming a second growth point.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this before?
Thanks
Steve
Full size pics are available here:
http://steve.nightscapecreations.com/hamatadec06/hamata1full.JPG
http://steve.nightscapecreations.com/hamatadec06/hamata2full.JPG