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    My UHL Setup (In Progress)

    As an update to my earlier posts, there was indeed a mite problem. These particular mites were red and smaller than any I have seen in the past, with no visible webs on the plant tissues. I used a combination of dry ice bombs inside the cooler as well as some Avid treatments to take care of...
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    My UHL Setup (In Progress)

    jpappy789 I have left the cooler on a timer for now and the plants seem to be doing OK. To stabilize the humidity a little I've made a sphagnum wall in the back next to the cooling coils that sits in a water tray to keep the dehumidification away from the plants themselves. Temperatures have...
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    Hcarlton's Utrics

    Wow! Those are gorgeous!
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    Back in the game

    Same thing happened to me. Welcome back!
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    New Growth Points or Something Else

    Quick update! It appears that most of the small nubs have quickly started to form many shoots with traps, although there are still some that appear to be doing nothing. All of these shoots are rather tiny, but I'll take 'em! :bigthumpup:
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    Advice needed: Use of aquarium heaters.

    I have used some of the ZooMed ReptiTherm units that are usually used for hermit crab tanks and those seemed to work well. They have an automatic shutoff or cycle time though I believe so it doesn't really get much hotter than 80, or at least it didn't in the small tank I was using. You could...
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    My UHL Setup (In Progress)

    Some quick updates from the wine cooler setup. I purchased some live sphagnum to spruce up the tank, and it looks to be doing well. Overall the temperatures have been on the lower side, with a high of 72 during the day so I am currently fine-tuning the on/off cycles to let it get a little warmer...
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    Looking For (To Buy) N. tenuis cutting

    I am interested in purchasing a rooted or unrooted cutting of N. tenuis. I haven't had much success finding these plants and thought I would try here. Feel free to PM me if anyone is interested! Thanks.
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    Plant of the Month August 2019

    Dionaea muscipula 'B52'
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    Jamban Hybrids

    Is there any particular reason that Jamban hasn't been used in many hybrid crosses? I've seen hybrids with related species like N. dubia but not many made with larger or more extravagant species. It may be that these exist and I just haven't seen them, or possibly that hybrids with Jamban tend...
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    Lowe’s Nepenthes

    That looks like a x ventrata to me, but I'm no expert. I would expect less of a taper from the base to the peristome from a ventricosa.
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    Live Sphagnum Moss

    This was the first time I have ever seen sphagnum moss in a regular store that wasn't bone dry. There was a decent amount of humidity in the bag, and I remember that the strands were more of a light yellowish rather than the white of bone-dry sphagnum. Here are a few photos of what they...
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    Live Sphagnum Moss

    I've always thought that the reds and greens of live sphagnum have looked very nice when grown in pots alongside Nepenthes and I've read somewhere that the live moss may help to maintain the pH and humidity levels appropriate for these plants. To those of you who grow them in pots, have you...
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    My UHL Setup (In Progress)

    Thanks! How long did it take for yours to recover?
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