pulsar Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 its been a long time since ive been on the forum so this is my 1st post in quite awhile.after having a disastrous winter with various heating failures in the greenhouse i lost most of my plants over the winter. eventually ventured back in a few weeks ago to start and clear out the dead plants,i found 1 or 2 suprises.u tricolor u dichotoma and u sandersoni were alive but just alive, the biggest suprises were u nelumbifolia and a u reniformis(small leaf form) some of which were totally undamaged surviving at least 2 weeks at having been frozen solid.considering the winter we have had found it quite amazing at how hardy these 2 plants are rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycatchers Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Sorry to hear you lost most of your collection It certainly was not a good winter & heater failures is something I always dread. I hope you are able to rebuild and carry on. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) I hear ya' brother and feel your pain! I remember all the sleepless nights I had when I had a standalone glass greenhouse during a cold winter, especially during a snow and ice storm. One morning I woke up to find that a tree branch had fallen on my greenhouse roof, broke several panes of glass, let all the heat out when the temps were in the low 20'sF. I went in to find frost all over inside the greenhouse, most, if not all the lowland Nepenthes and tropical Dros dead, and ice crystals on the edges of many hairy highland Nepenthes. It's a pretty brutal and depressing experience, for sure. I was amazed too at what plants were able to recover, and some highland Nepenthes that didn't even miss a beat! - Rich Edited May 19, 2009 by rsivertsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 most of the plants will be able to be replaced.but will maybe concentate on growing more hardier species till i get some electric put in to in or maybe or maybe a permanent gaspipe put in the greenhouse.main disapointment was losing a large u humbolti that had flowered that year for the 1st time.as well as a good sized cephalotus big boy rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsb Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Really sad story. I just want to add that one of my friends in Germany cliams to grow U. reniformis outdoors all year round. I'm more inclined to believe him after hearing your story, although i'm still surpriced that it can and i haven't planted mine out into the garden yet. Kind regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 depends on how they grow this year im tempted to try and grow some u reniformis and nelumbifolia outside to see just how hardy they actually are.they would still need some sort of protection so they dont become to wet rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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