Martin Hingst Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) It's saturday morning, and the first opportunity for quite a long time to look after my plants. I just wanted to clean the backplane of my tepui terra, but how could I, with such beautiful squatters living there... Originally, the terra was designed for these Edit: i´ve posted pictures of my terra before here http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?s...=5991&st=60 regards Martin Edited October 17, 2007 by Martin1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinabalu Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Hi, Your Tépuy terra is really beautiful ! Which Héliamphora are there inside ? Have you got a picture of the whole terra ? Regards, Kina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Martin, you are just going to have to stop showing that terrarium :mrgreen: I want it and I haven't the room :-( Really nice images, especially sandersonii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Those pesky rabbits get everywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelljuhg Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Oh what a beautiful terrarium... (sigh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_W Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Nice! I like how you have the U. sandersonii growing over the surface of rocks, just like they would in nature. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesiolino Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Beautifull setup Martin! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Is that also U. tricolor on the left of the Heliamphora in the original pics you posted? If it is have you managed to get it to flower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Hello Sheila, yes the "underbrush" consisted mainly of tricolor at that time. But it never flowered in there. Some of my tricolor plants grow outside in direct sunlight along with my pygmy drosera, and these produce many flower stalks each late summer to autumn. But they all abort when reached about 10-15cm. I blame it at least in part on the low humidity. I ever had only one flower opened up in the last 10 years or so, and haven't got the answer for this problem. But as a guess - very bright light and tropical conditions may be the key. But unforunately, my small (new :) ) tropical terrarium isn't high enough... regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Thanks for the reply Martin. I am determined to see flowers on my tricolor one day, I get flower stems every year but like yours, they always abort at 10-15 cms. I have tried various conditions and light levels but still no flowers. I will just have to keep trying. Your Heliamphora look gorgeous. Very healthy looking specimens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwdoz Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 That really looks tremendous. One of these days I'll get around to trying to build one myself! :) Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLeopardGGecko Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 I love how the Utrics are climbing the walls. Very cool looking. Did you plan that or did they just start spreading like mad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hello LLeopardGGecko, sorry, just found your question today, while linking this thread to another forum! Both would be correct, I planted one little shoot in a gap in the stone and fixed it with some moss. Since then it spreaded around everywhere. Today the whole stone is overgrown with sandersonii, I often think about cleaning the surface, as I like to see the the rock itself too, and there are many old brown flower stalks that I should remove anyway. But I can`t do it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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