I rcd one about a week ago but it's not doing so well and need some friendly advice to help it recover.
it is just starting to show some brown spots and most of the leaves are "droopy".
I have a lowland terrarium with a small bical and raff var elongata in it and they are doing fine...however the nepenthes mirabilis var. echinostoma is a larger plant age wise. From talking with the previous owner the only difference in our terrariums is temp.....so I have taken steps to both reduce temp and I have increased the amount of time the air circulation fan is on to see if that helps it but i don't want to change things too much to risk upsetting the little ones.
here is my usual info:
daytime:
hum: 80%
temp: 94 F
light: 10k lumens 6500k t5ho for 12h.
night:
hum: 80%
temp: 80
light: none
watering frequency: as needed but usually once every 2-3 days.
substrate: 1:1 spaghum peat/perlite
air circulation: 90cfm 120mm fan on timer...comes on total of 4 hours a day.
ill have some more solid night-time temps tonight.
the raff and bical seem to enjoy the conditions.
that's all the info i can think of atm. lmk if you need anything else. just want to add i don't have anything to measure ph or anything like that.
1 more piece of info: way my terrarium is setup is there is 4 inches of water in the tank and a tray that brings the plants above water then another clear tray the plants sit in...there is no water in the try it is simply a means to prevent cross contamination should I overfill the tank accidentally.
I have reduced daytime temp to 90f and will try for a goal of 85f.
I have heard the plant likes it soggy; is that true? it was advised i drop the temp to 85....any other suggestions?
Is what's happening "normal" when buying, repotting and attempting to acclimatize a med sized plant? longest leaves appear to be about 10 inches.
According to internet searches I am providing it with the conditions that the species likes....only other thing I can think of is maybe my light intensity is too much.....perhaps I can put a plastic lid over the plan'ts spot in the terrarium to diffuse the light to it some.
Lastly, say i make the right change to either temp, light intensity, humidity or whatever. How long will it take to notice that I am doing something right to get it on track?
thx.bobby.
it is just starting to show some brown spots and most of the leaves are "droopy".
I have a lowland terrarium with a small bical and raff var elongata in it and they are doing fine...however the nepenthes mirabilis var. echinostoma is a larger plant age wise. From talking with the previous owner the only difference in our terrariums is temp.....so I have taken steps to both reduce temp and I have increased the amount of time the air circulation fan is on to see if that helps it but i don't want to change things too much to risk upsetting the little ones.
here is my usual info:
daytime:
hum: 80%
temp: 94 F
light: 10k lumens 6500k t5ho for 12h.
night:
hum: 80%
temp: 80
light: none
watering frequency: as needed but usually once every 2-3 days.
substrate: 1:1 spaghum peat/perlite
air circulation: 90cfm 120mm fan on timer...comes on total of 4 hours a day.
ill have some more solid night-time temps tonight.
the raff and bical seem to enjoy the conditions.
that's all the info i can think of atm. lmk if you need anything else. just want to add i don't have anything to measure ph or anything like that.
1 more piece of info: way my terrarium is setup is there is 4 inches of water in the tank and a tray that brings the plants above water then another clear tray the plants sit in...there is no water in the try it is simply a means to prevent cross contamination should I overfill the tank accidentally.
I have reduced daytime temp to 90f and will try for a goal of 85f.
I have heard the plant likes it soggy; is that true? it was advised i drop the temp to 85....any other suggestions?
Is what's happening "normal" when buying, repotting and attempting to acclimatize a med sized plant? longest leaves appear to be about 10 inches.
According to internet searches I am providing it with the conditions that the species likes....only other thing I can think of is maybe my light intensity is too much.....perhaps I can put a plastic lid over the plan'ts spot in the terrarium to diffuse the light to it some.
Lastly, say i make the right change to either temp, light intensity, humidity or whatever. How long will it take to notice that I am doing something right to get it on track?
thx.bobby.
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