This kind of a stale question since we have growers asking about growing conditions over and over again.
But please kindly bear with me 'cos I really want to grow my N. hamata, macrophylla, ephippiata etc well in typical lowland climate.
1. I have a choice of growing the plants with lights or sunlight. My climate has humidity good enough for ampullaria and bicalcarata to pitcher in a windy spot. What's the highest day temperature and lowest day humidity a typical highland is able to withstand and do well?
2. Cool nights are not possibly here until October. Until then, I need to use a wine cooler. I tried keeping the plants at 100% RH in the wine cooler but have some develop leaf rot (blackening from the tip and moving inwards). I suspect it is due to stagnant air in the wine cooler. I've read that highland neps are less fussy about a drop in humidity and I am considering growing them a little drier to prevent leaf rot. What is the lowest humidity a highland nep can take at night?
3. Why is it that I see that most growers have live sphagnum growing with their highland neps? Does that mean that besides cool temperature, the humidity is although high?
But please kindly bear with me 'cos I really want to grow my N. hamata, macrophylla, ephippiata etc well in typical lowland climate.
1. I have a choice of growing the plants with lights or sunlight. My climate has humidity good enough for ampullaria and bicalcarata to pitcher in a windy spot. What's the highest day temperature and lowest day humidity a typical highland is able to withstand and do well?
2. Cool nights are not possibly here until October. Until then, I need to use a wine cooler. I tried keeping the plants at 100% RH in the wine cooler but have some develop leaf rot (blackening from the tip and moving inwards). I suspect it is due to stagnant air in the wine cooler. I've read that highland neps are less fussy about a drop in humidity and I am considering growing them a little drier to prevent leaf rot. What is the lowest humidity a highland nep can take at night?
3. Why is it that I see that most growers have live sphagnum growing with their highland neps? Does that mean that besides cool temperature, the humidity is although high?