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I had these for 35 years and never had seeds off them, although ive only tried pollinating a couple of times. I think its generally accepted that most mexicans cant be self pollinated.

I would like to grow some from seed as well, but i need a different clone to do it, i dont want to make a hybrid with one of my other pings.

Theyre in a mixture of perlite and growstones (recycled glass), it was just what i had hanging around, they will grow in anything from pure peat to pure perlite and everything in-between.

I dont think theyre self fertile, you need a different clone to get seeds.

My pink flowered lettuces are doing ok, (btw anyone out there with a different clone of neo-volcanica?)

No cps anywhere?

VFT's grow in much warmer climates than the UK. I keep mine outside but i know theyd do much better in the greenhouse.

Mine has just decided to start coming out of dormancy!

Sure, i'm leaving the eggs in the terrarium this time to keep the male busy, hoping that slows them down.

I've had this plant for several years, this is the first time its flowered, took us that long to get the growing conditions correct,

So now i have the third batch...

The only other thing i learnt about bamboo is that when catalogues say 'clumping' its actually a code word for the plant is not at all clumping and is likely to pop up in the middle of the neighbours lawn!

We grow one type if that helps, don't know much about it except keep it damp...

Fresh spaghnum is usually ok, but after a few years it can start to decompose and go mushy. If its relatively fresh it should be ok. The main diffetence between spaghnum and peat based composts is spaghnum has no nutrients whatsoever, even nepenthes need nutrients to grow.

I have some adpole food, but basically its flakes of spirulina. To be honest the tads are so small theyre probably eating microbes at the moment.

I assume you have some way of heating it in the daytime? Cooling at night is ok but you need warm days. I suppise you could just turn the cooler off?

I can see a couple of potential issues. Very few people (virtually none in the UK) have ultra highland seed. The fridge is realistically (far) too small for most nepenthes. A greenhouse outside is fine for ultra-highlanders. All things considered, i think your target market is somewhat small to none-existent and most people capable of growing an ultra-highlander already have large greenhouses.

Hi Johanovitch, no problem hijacking the thread, its interesting to see. What kind are they? Yes, mine are in the greenhouse with mostly Nepenthes, although they are in a terrarium so not runnng around loose among the plants. Were are you keeping yours? My first tadpoles have just hatched, hoping i can keep them alive!

Have you tried fertilising? (With very weak fertilizer).

What is the humidity like? Some lowlanders need ultra high humidity, and i mean 100%, no air movement, dripping wet humidity. I'm not sure if distillatoria is one of those but if temperature/light are correct then thats were i would look.

Is there anyway to give these guys a longer growing period, warmer, more light etc?

Second batch today...

They are in a terrarium, my original plan was let them loose but i bottled out. Greenhouse is heated to min 15C in winter. Bigger problem was summer day temps, dart frogs don't like going much above 30C, it will probably kill them. But down near the floor it rarely gets above ~27C. So far they've been from 15C to 29C and its not been a problem, in fact the little buggers are at it again today, probably be more eggs when i go and have a look. I chose Epidobates anthonyi as they should be able to cope with the temperature range, other dart frogs probably not. I'm thinking of making a larger enclosure long term, but needs thinking about, they're good climbers/jumpers... I have a concrete floor, which can be very dry, so letting them loose probably wouldn't work too well.

Epidobates anthonyi

No, the poison is on the skin of the live frogs, but it comes from the food they eat, so in captivity they are not poisonous (different food).