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[NickR]

I've recently bought a heliamphora minor x nutans, just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to best provide things like the humidity it needs and how best to look after it.

Cheers in advance

[Nick Broek]

Heliamphora loves as many light as it can get,

[NickR]

Yeah I've been leaving it in the sun with half a plastic bottle over it as an improvised propagator.

[amphirion]

helis appreciate 3 things:
1) very bright light.
2) high humidity.
3) cool temperatures (23C during the day is ideal)

-ventilation is also beneficial but not as important as the previously mentioned.

[RL7836]

NickR, on 26 July 2011 - 10:38 AM, said:

Yeah I've been leaving it in the sun with half a plastic bottle over it as an improvised propagator.

Sounds like a plan for a solar oven - not the optimum setup ...

[NickR]

Well the bottle wasn't on it constantly it was there for a bit each day to help keep humidity up, but I've totally stopped using it since that last post