Recent content by Martin

Hi, would be nice to see how it looks 1 1/2 years later... Martin

I have grown H. minor x heterodoxa outdoors in my bog garden betwenn Sarracenia (during summer, of course) and it did very well. This year I had put it into an open greenhouse direct into the sun after growing them in a terrarium with only artificial light. It turned more red (within very short...

Mine grow best outdoors protected from heavy rains... Martin

H. heterodoxa (?) flower : H. hispida : (takes a loooong time to produce "mature" leafes) A Heliamphora species which I can't identify : Martin

To my knowledge T. is a "lowland plant".

In my experience Dr. regai does not like tempeartures below 10°C for longer periods. If temperature falls below this the plant will loose its leafes. Also my plants do not like full sun and heat(&#33 in summer, they are growing better in semi shaded areas during summer. If seedlings younger...

"wind chill" effects only occure if something is warmer than the surounding air. (e.g. humans, hot pot of coffee) There' s to my knowledge no (significant) wind chill effect with plants. Martin

Wait until winter. Heliamphora don't like deviding / repotting during summer.

phantastic picture (and phantastic plant) ! "...It's an itty bitty baby...only 3 inches across..." 3 inch? You don't know what a really small plant is, hmmm.... Mine is 1 1/2 years old and still less than 2 inches across. I believe that the nights in my terrarium are defintly to warm for it to...

Hi, here is a picture of my Utricularia flaccida. This species produces a lot of sticky glue drops on its flower stalks, which sometimes can catch small flies. The reason _why_ these drops are produced is unknown to me. Martin

Hi, nice plants but if you use a lower jpeg compression, the pictures would load a lot(&#33 faster. 150 kByte for a 560 x 433 picture is way to much at the net. 50 kByte would be ok. Martin

"...I may use a couple of low-energy lights to add an extra hour to the start and end of each day in winter as well..." Hi, I would NOT recommend to lengthen the natural photoperiod time in winter but to add strong artificial light (sodium vapor or metal halide) during the middle of the day...

Hi, some of my Helimaphora, but I have to update the pictures because most of the plants are significantly bigger now... http://www.drosophyllum.com/english/e-heliamphora.htm Martin

Hi Tamlin, may I suggest posting pictures in an "usual" size, which fits on the screen ? (and also is faster to download for modem users like me) I wish you good luck with that rare species ! Martin

Hi, habitat of R. gorgonias (near Hermanus) stays mostly wet, habitat of R. dentata (around Clan William) is dry during summer. I sow the seeds on the surface of the substrat with good contact to it, but do not bury them. If you understand German (or have a translation tool) you can try out...