Rob-Rah
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Be careful, only the Kewensis at that website is anything remotely resembling easy in cultivation! The other three are very picky terrestrial orchids, requiring a careful dry dormancy.
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reniformis...one of the easiest!!!
For many it sure is, though I am not alone in finding it hardest of all the macro-utrics! :-(
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You can purchase an adaptor from an electrical retailer. You plug it into the wall and it generates a voltage you choose.
To connect it to a PC fan you need to do some work. You need to solder the ends of the PCS fan's cables to an appropriate plug/jack which will plug into the adaptor, and then insulate the joint with some electrical tape. Not too hard.
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The fans only use around 3-4V, and are unlikely to be cause of any accidents at that low voltage.
(You will need an adaptor to get the voltage that low.)
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I grow mine in a 2' long fishtank (lowland terrarium) in my bedroom wiht no extra heat. About 4' from a E-facing window, with 15W lamp additionally. Temps are household (16/17C-whatever the weather gives us). It grows slowly but steadily, increasding size and pitchering. Best period seems to be late summer (Aug-Oct). The light adds heat in the daytime (it's on 8am-10pm).
My "lowland" conditions are not as hot as many, but I grow N. northaiana, N. ampullaria, N. bellii in it (along with a few more inermediate growers: N. truncata, N. adnata). All do fine. I don't believe that "true lowlanders" need it quite as insistently tropical as the literature may imply, as long as you have some kind of aertificial heat (a light seems enough) to warm them and evaporate the necessary atmospheric humidity for at least some of the time (aka when the light is on).
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No. It appears to be a myth. Other factors must be at work in "stunting growth". I grow mine in seramis/live sphagnum/perlite/bark mix. Do a searh of this forum for "northiana" and you can read several threads about the media requirements.
Good ukc with it.
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I wouldn't recommend Disa for a terrarium necessarily. They really like fresh air. Then again if your highland terrarium is equipped with air-exchange it may be ok. Or are you growing in the open room and not in a terrarium?
Dracula was mentioned earlier. This may like the temps and humidity, but it is a definite low-light genus and the higher light needed by your neps won't be appreciated. Some Masdevallia will do better, but these are also generally shade plants.
Highland orchids that want more light, like Sophronitis and Odontoglossum/Rossioglossum species, would do better with highland neps.
Cheers.
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Marvellous. Interesting about the pure peat for D. ascendens. And if only I could get U. reniformis to grow that effortlessly for me!
Thanks.
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Fantastic report. Is this seasonally wet seepage, or does it dry out periodically?
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No worries. pm'd you.
Rob.
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Wow. Wow. Wow. Would you mind if I linked your pictures of the Lepanthes into a posting on the UK Orchid Forum?
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Dracunculus is quite hardy without extra protection unless we get prolonged subzero temps for several days at a time. Have to avoid the tuber freezing solid, but as it's underground it seems quite resistant to it. Mine have been outside in SW London for 4 years with no extra protection. Snow might well help insulate it in a way that prolonged freeze doesn't.
I also leave my Arisaema outside all year, but they are planted deeeeeep to insulate against cold. Around 8"-10" deep.
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I have T. chanteri and T. integrifolia. I have had them a few years now. They never seem to do very well, the foiliage tending to dry at the tips before unfurling properly. The plats stay smallish. They are kept nice and humid.
Does anyone grow them well, and who can tell what sort of conditions they acheive ths in please?
Thanks.
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Not many "normal" grasses will like it that boggy. Carex panicea (Carnation flax) is tuft-forming?
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I just leave potted on a household windowsil out of direct sun and dry it out.
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Bench-170
Squat-200 (no spotter)
Leg Press-dunno prolly 400 at least
Deadlift-135 (no spotter)
Wide Pullups-16
Chinups-25
Pushups-61
1 Mile- <6 min
5k- 21 min
10k- 36 min
Shrug-150
Clean & Press- 70?? (dumbbell.. no spotter dont wanna fk up back. haha.)
Single rep, or sets of what?
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For a number of people, sponge is easier to obtain than live sphagnum.
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I love the furry leaves on Caladenia!
Thanks for the superb pics. Does that Thely have a scent btw?
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There's a mail order dealer in Germany - I grabbed the last of their stock though. They have other plants though, but mostly seem to deal in seeds:
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Nice pics. I just got myself an A. gigas too!
What are the dimenstions of your A. paeoniifolius? (leaf/pot/tuber)
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madagascariensis likes to be kept warm during the winter months as well.
Although a minimum of 40F is ok too. The plant dies back at low temperatures, but just keep the soil moist (not standing in water) and the plant will bounce back again in spring.
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I grow N. fusca on my NWW-facing bedroom windowsill.
Do you grow it in a terrarium or aquarium???
Do you know the humidity in %?
Just on the windowsil in a pot. No cover. The humidity will be lowish. UK outdoors is something like 50-60% - indoors will be a little less. 40%-60% maybe?
It was labelled "dark form" and came from Cantharifera - suppliers for one of the big distributors, but I forget which now.
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I grow N. fusca on my NWW-facing bedroom windowsill.
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Mine have had normal household temps at night in winter (prob something down to around 18C). The lowest recorded temperature ever for Darwin was 13C in winter, and it can get colder than that outside of cities in the higher ground and bush.
tuberous drosera grow rate
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I don't know how old they have to be, but my D. macrantha rambles all over the place in the greenhouse. I sort of train it in a double loop between some canes.