Wow, what an insane giveaway! I'm not exactly sure how you're wanting the entry to go, let you know which we would be interested in? Only pick one? I have quite a few N. madagascariensis that I'm growing from seed (and will be a giveaway!) and I think N. Trusmadiensis requires cooler temps than I could not provide. But I would absolutely love to have either of those Heliamphora (with priority to H. Sarrecenoides x Minor 'black')!
Thanks to
@Werdna who gave me a tiny Heli and showed me the methods of growing them here in the desert without any crazy attempts at recreating a Tepuis type growing condition (that info is now on this forum and can be found here:
Andrew's guide to growing Heliamphora in the desert ). Since then I've picked up a handful of different Heliamphora from him and others (including Wistuba). I grow them in a room which is climate controlled, not really to create any specific climate but rather to make sure the days don't get crazy hot (above 82f or so) and the nights don't go crazy cold (below 45) but mainly the AC schedule is adjusted through the year to make sure there is some type of temperature differential between night and day for the variety of plants that I grow in there.
Not too long ago, I took that Heli that I mentioned Andrew gave me which was then out of control
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and break it up into a bunch of divisions.
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I'm excited to again have this heli looking like it should
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Here are all the divisions/cuttings of that plant in a tank for rooting/recovery (except the mother plant, it's with the other Helis)
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This was a large cutting I purchased and divided into 3, they're already well acclimated and such but are still in their tank (with the doors open) just waiting to be moved out (Which I'll do soon, since other Helis need to be dealt with too
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And here are my main plants in the room, some of which just recently came out of that first tank so just have a little more acclimating to do and others were already in this room. he mother plant of all the cuttings above is in this photo, front and center. In this photo you can see H. 'Godzilla' on the right which has gone crazy. I've cut back on feeding it since I got tired of having to move the shelf with every new pitcher lol But it needs to be divided so I plan to move a division out into the Nepenthes greenhouse to see how it does out there. It'll be nice to feed it like crazy and see what it will do!!
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My other Heli tray
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I have a couple of others in bags that arrived in bad shape. They're ready to come out but need to acclimate... Unfortunately I don't have any more room in that tank lol so they'll go in the second tank once I start working on that.
Front right is a couple established plants of H. minor "Burgundy Black" which I really need to divide out into their own pots. I hear it is a slow grower which proves true for me, and I constantly need to trim back the live sphagnum.
Thanks again for this absolutely incredible opportunity to this community! I'm going to upgrade your account to the thank you membership, it's the least I could do as a thanks from us all.
