greenzone5 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi! I have few of those Orchid pots, and my question is, can i grow cp`s on those pots? My plan was to put Pinguiculas for those. Information is welcome? If this kind of growing, i mean those see-through pots is hard/wrong, please send message? I dont want to kill my plants . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've had Sarracenia purpurea and Drosera capensis growing in whitish partly transparent orchid pots for about 18 months. The plants are doing fine as far as I can tell. There's some green on the inner surface of the pots, but if you don't have anything else, they work OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I use these transparent pots for Neps and some Sarras and they're all doing fine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James O'Neill Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I use transparent pots to grow several Utricularia. You can see the traps easily that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 The reason that transparent pots are used for orchids such as Phalenopsis is because their roots can photosynthesise - that's why they go green when exposed to light. Phalenopsis are epiphytes, so have developed to have their roots exposed to light. Putting terrestrial plants in these pots could encourage sub-soil shoot growth which grow towards the light. In the case of Utricularia the inner circumference exposed to the light will eventually produce leaves (stolons) rather than bladders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenzone5 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Thanks for the answers! Maybe i use normal pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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