Recent content by springlizard

Ok thanks! It looks like I'm already getting some tiny little sprouts.

I have some Drosera capensis seeds that I want to germinate. However, winter is soon upon us and indoor temps will be as low as 60 degrees f (~15c) in the growing room. I stuck an old adhesive reptile heating pad to the bottom of one of those disposal foil lasagna baking dishes, so now I have a...

Ok good to hear. That yellowing, shriveled leaf was the one I was worried about. As for the burn spots, that's from being outside during the warm season.

A friend of mine gave me a Dendrobium kingianum and told me that it was quite hardy and forgiving. However, I haven't figure out yet how exactly to tell when it truly needs watering or if I am over-watering. The problem is that it is rock-mounted and potted in a clay pot. Also, there is mulch...

Thanks Purpoh, glad to hear that some of those types can take some temperature variation. I'm still trying to get a handle on how forgiving some of these plants can be in regards to their preferred range. Question: When an epiphyte requires higher humidity, is this most important around the...

Everytime I see a bunch of orchids at the local orchid society meetings, I'm always drawn to the weird little small-flowered ones (flowers smaller than a US quarter or nickel). I don't know what many of them are, but a lot seem to be Restrepia and Pleurothallis. I did some research and it seems...

Thanks DragonsEye, that's good to know. I'm trying to stimulate some root growth on this little division so it would make the most sense to water from the top, where the roots are.

I just acquired a Dendrochilum (unknown species) division. I've been searching on google for care instructions and many sources say that Dendrochilum should be watered from the bottom, and not the top. Why is this? I know that some orchids are very sensitive to water in the leaf axils and are...

Tanukimo, thanks for sharing.. Good to see that so many Utricularia can live happily together. I like seeing them growing in the same pot with other CP.

Thank you hcarlton. Good point about future trading.

Does anybody grow multiple species of terrestrial Utricularia in a single container, intentionally or unintentionally? I'm not tied to the one species per pot paradigm. I'm envisioning something with mixed flowerscapes, but don't know if that's possible. Would one of them eventually outcompete...