fluorescent

so, my D. x hybrida is slipping into dormancy after giving it a shorter photoperiod under fluorescent lights- it's making a hybernacula that looks exactly like D. intermedia. I heard for D. intermedia and other temperates that they need a cold dormancy period, but i was wondering if anyone's...

I bought a Philips 42w Marathon compact fluorescent bulb for my seedlings and cuttings. It is about an inch above the media. It's marked at 2600 lumens. I know this is not ideal, but will it be enough? Because of space issues, I have room for just one bulb currently. Is there a better single...

since where i live is lake of humidity, normally around 40 at day time and 75 at night, and some of my nepenthe pitchers won't form... actually there are lots of them won't form, so i decided to grow them in a terrarium, first i start off with 2 fluorescent tube daylight 20 watt, thats 40watts...

Here's a photo of my P. ( gracilis x moctezumae ) putting up a flower. The plant is about 2 inches in diameter. It's growing in 100% Schultz APS under fluorescent lights. I have all my mexipings on the tray system. I fill the tray to about 2 inches deep with distilled water, then let it go...

Well I've had my Glabrata for about 7 weeks now and everything was fine until I added 2 32 watt Fluorescent lights to my windowsill. After I added the lights the newer leaves it started to make got smaller and the had small brown or red dots on them. They are also slightly more yellow on the...

So in my previous house, the ambient temperatures were always around 75 F (23 C) and I kept my terrarium down in the basement where the temperature would get to about 65 (18 C) at night with the fluorescent lights off. I recently moved and am now in a house at around 80 degrees with no...

Hi. First of all, I couldn't think of a name, so I decided on something that rhymed, and yeah xD. Anyways, this is a propagation update in my collection, but, I would also like to make this a reference because I'll explain how I got things to germinate/strike and what not. VFT Pullings VFT...

Well, my 30 gallon highland chamber is about to become empty, as i am setting up a highland growrack, more info on that when its complete, so heres this. i need to know if it will work i am planning on doing it as a potted terrarium. Peat and LFS for about 3-4" of the media, planning on using a...

I've got my Nepenthes in an old 30 gal fish tank. The current lighting situation is heating things up to around 90F in parts of the terrarium, which to me seems a bit on the warm side for growing highlanders. I plan on using two 20W, and two 15W fluorescent tubes instead of the CFLs, but many...

My VFT seeds that I got from JB_OrchidGuy are starting to sprout and its only been 10 days since I planted them. Do they usually germinate that quick? I thought it would take longer than that. The seeds were planted on a 2:1:1 mix of peat/perlite/vermiculite on 7-18-08 and its in one of those...

Hi everyone, This is my first try at growing lowland nepenthes so I'll appreciate any input. I have an aquarium that is about 20"L x 20"W x 10"H. I am using one 24" fluorescent light tube that is 850 Lumens at 5000 K. I covered the back and sides of the aquarium with Mylar. I attached a fan...

I am looking around for a useful book that I can try and start learning how to do simple wiring task like hook up fluorescent shop lights without plugs and such. I don't have a very good idea of what book might be useful for this. Recommendations would be appreciated, as there seem to be quite a...

I paid 40$ for a male specimen of nepenthes khasiana. It arrived with one beat up leaf but had two more and new growth emerging. I put it on my window in a plastic baggie with the corners sliced off. I was planning to cut the corners a little more each day for several weeks or so to help...

I have a new grow rack, and I'm trying to work out how to light it. I currently have access to: a 20W compact fluorescent an 8W fluorescent tube Which obviously isn't going to be enough! But what is 'enough'? I'm planning to grow lowland nepenthes on the top and highlands on the bottom...

Yesterday my Grandad had this great idea - get me a terrium, or more factually - make one. So we went down to Mitre 10 (local hardware store in NZ) and what do you know, they were advertising grow racks (or mini-greenhouses, as they called them), and Grandad was like, 'lets get one of those...

Im looking for some ideas on what nepenthes to get next? The growing spot I have planned for this unknown nepenthes is in my reptile room. Its heated to 80-83 year round and has pretty good light but I plan on putting in a 4 foot fluorescent light for this plant. I would like to grow a bical or...

Yes. You read it correctly. You are being given the opportunity to own your very own pile of dino poo! A permanent monument an act common to us all! Be the boss in the office who can non-verbally express a statement simply by slamming a poo fossil down on the desk of a underperforming...

Up for auction is a lovely and hard to come by Cephalotus Hummer's Giant. Winner pays shipping - approximately 1 lb via US Priority Mail from zipcode 06045. It's an established plant in a 3 inch diameter plastic cup pot (yes there are holes in the bottom) and has been growing an a terrarium in...

One of the sundew's that I bought from Lowes is starting to grow deformed looking leaves. I took some pictures of it but I dont have the best camera so you might not be able to see the deformed parts that great. I checked the plant with a magnifying glass to see if I could tell if there were any...

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