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Great photos Fernando! I especially like the Ping wall!

Very impressive show!

Its quite common for pitchers to dry up after shipping, repotting etc so it's nothing to worry about. As long as the new leaves are coming out normal you're fine.

Absolutely amazing! The Pinguicula photo is my favorite too. The Nepenthes photo is very cool as well.

This is really starting to look great Fernando, nice work!

Amazing, all of it! My favs were the D. regia photos, love how vertical they grow.

With high humidity like that there is a chance the media is staying too wet so it may be wise to check one of the plants roots that are not looking too good. If you have a very chunky media this is probably not necessary though. Installing a fan is always a good idea. Whenever I use terrariums with a glass top, I leave a 1-3cm gap along one side to allow for air exchange. Humidity usually ranges from 70-90% depending on misting and watering.

Jeremiah Harris recently visited Shinya Yamada in Japan and his last photo was of N. x Alisaputrana. So it is in at least one private collection. Last photo in the first post: http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?132592-A-Visit-to-Shinya-Yamada/page3

Great photos Christer!

Personally, I dont worry about initiating "dormancy" in Mexican Pinguicula. If their leaves change to succulent, I move them out of trays and keep them dry and humid until they start producing carnivorous leaves again. I have been growing a few species for 4 years that have never seen a dry period with succulent leaves, and no signs of slowing down. My lights are on for 13hours in the summer, and 11 in the winter. If you look at their natural habitat, there is little change in day lengths. They do experience a much drier and cooler winter though. My temperatures are around 80F days in summer, and 70F days in winter. Nights range from 55-60F in summer, to 40-50F in winter. www.pinguicula.org has some good graphs from the different areas each species comes from, which is a good reference for temperature and rainfall. This is a good link for day lengths. http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/mx-country.html

For what its worth, Ive sprayed 70% isopropyl alcohol on Nepenthes (ventricosa hybrids and few HL species) without any damages at all to the plant. This was due to a few plants I received with scale. I then treated with neem and they have been gone for about 1 year.

Great pings Marcus.

Great pings Will! Keep the photos coming!

www.photobucket.com is very simple to use

P. gypsicola