echinostoma

[musamusa1975]

Hi plant experts,

I got this bare root echinostoma about three weeks ago. I potted it up and put it in my LL terrarium. Temps around 80, RH around 80. Soil is peat, perlite, and a little LFS. (I had a ziploc back over it for the first two weeks.) Two fans circulating air in opposite directions directly above. T5 full spectrum lights about a foot above. The leaves were initially a light green which seems consistent with what I've seen in pics of healthy plants. The leaves are slowing turning yellow and withering a bit. I've read they are finicky so I imagine some set back is to be expected. I turned off one of the grow lights last week to see if that would help.

Any thoughts on what else I might do differently?
Thx
Michael

 

[hcarlton]

Get it hotter. mirabilis in general is a very lowland plant, echinostoma ultra-lowland and likes it hot, very humid, and rather wet. And it's finicky and slower than standard mirabilis, three weeks is barely any time to actually assess how the plant is settling let alone expecting it to restart growing.