Recent content by shokuchuu

Great to see you back; we all look forward to your old antics again, I'm sure!

Envirolites Compact Fluorescents all the way! Though I'm not sure they're available across the pond.

This one is growing faster than anything else in my Nep collection at the moment, albeit its small size. It's extremely promising, and so is my little jamban.

Plain and simply, I find "dread"locks look awful on fair-skinned and fair-haired individuals (including some friends). Otherwise I have no problem with the style whatsoever nor do I always associate it with the use of med (though it's pretty obvious who does and doesn't). Cheers Amori

I did since repot it and my whole collection. It turned out I packed the LFS way too tightly for Nepenthes. Over half of the moss in each container was excess. 'Tis a mystery... If my problem hadn't been caused by heat and/or a stagnant root zone, it's anyone's guess as to what really affected...

Heat damage, possibly with stress from lack of oxygen to the roots. My aristolochioides was affected seriously by this problem until it decided to send out a basal a year later. The leaves are identical to what it had (extremely coriaceouos, gnarled, and unusually small - definition of...

Looks like snug shipping to me. Are you sure it didn't arrive with that leaf already on there? Nothing to worry about anyway. Leave it be if not dying.

Glider14- Yep, you've got the answer! I'm tempted to wire them individually so I can set the cool and warm according to the time of day. We'll see. I'm also toying with idea of adding a "moon" light - maybe something along the lines of a gentle white LED. I came up with this when I used my cell...

Thanks all. Not only did this project require careful attention and perseverence, it required re-arranging my bedroom - 5-tom drum kit, 6-speaker HiFi, and a queen-size bed. I won't get started on the rug cleaning and vacuuming... (I landed the biggest room in the house for some reason)...

Oh...My...Word... That is some property!

Hello everyone Just a few pics to share. I recently built a new enclosure for my plants and words can't describe how happy I am with the result/s... First off is a pic I took quite a while back just to give an idea of the size of the previous enclosure (100x60x40cm) under a single 400W HPS...

Keep your chin up - you're not alone. Your situation reminds me of when I was keen about a girl back in high school. I was confused about the situation between us and what I should do about it. Turns out that no matter how harshly (and boy was it!) I found out I wasn't needed/wanted it was...

Nice! Just wait 'til you see the flowers on the Aspidistra (sold at my workplace for as much as garbage!); if you're interested in plant-pollinator interactions this is another one for any enthusiast dabbling in that field. Cheers

Congratulations Andrew and Deangela!

I hope they are indeed OK. It's even more reason to keep a close eye on them for the following weeks. I've not had plants adversely affected or die from postal handling, but I dread to think of the day it might happen. The best plant I got from Wistuba was his macrophylla - it grew from a 1.5"...