Temps are finally starting to warm up here in New Canada, so figured it was a good time to start a growth experiment.
Once a month I'll be root drenching my plants with urea free Grow More orchid fertilizer mixed at quarter strength (1/4 tsp / gallon RO), which was recommended and generously donated by an old school buddy of mine. I will be letting the plants sit overnight before flushing them with pure RO the following day.
With temps in the GH this winter being 65*F during the day, and 38*F at night.. I haven't seen much growth at all for quite some time.
Temps as of today are 78*F-80*F during the day, and 58*F-61*F at night. Here's most (but not all) of my plants today after their first fert treatment.
I'll update again a few months from now to show any progress or regress the plants may be showing at that time.
Here's the HL's, LL's will be posted tomorrow. Please keep in mind this post is more for me, since my memory sucks. I just need to be able to look back and SEE the difference in size. That being said, I took little care in making these plants "look good" for their debut.
Day 1 of ferts + warmer temps:
BE N. villosa
BE N. macrophylla
SG N. lowii x ephippiata
BE N. lowii
BE N. x Trusmadiensis (clone 1)
SG N. Peter D' Amato x x Trusmadiensis
BE N. aristolochoides
N. lowii x truncata
EP N. truncata x x Trusmadiensis
This one shows just how badly the plants are growing during the winter here. The two largest, older leaves were put out during last fall before winter hit. The two smaller, newer leaves are all this plant has made since.
EP N. truncata x veitchii HL
EP N. veitchii x platychila
BE N. ephippiata
SG N. edwardsiana
SG N. truncata 'Red' x x Trusmadiensis
SG N. villosas
SG N. veitchii HL (Heath Forest, Pa'Umor) ~ Oddly enough, the newest redder pitcher developed after I switched my nep lights from an 8 bulb T5HO fixture to a 4 bulb T5HO setup. Most of the neps seem to be happier under the lower light levels. The older pitchers shown are from the older 8 bulb.. May just be a matter of needing new bulbs, but they're less than a year old. So I dunno..
BE N. platychila
BE N. robcantleyi
BE N. vogelii x2
I also decided to fertilize my helis and cephs, but the camera died before I could get pics of them all. Here's the only shots I was able to get..
My 2 newest C. 'Eden Black's. Alpha clone and Delta clones..
Rhizome division from my other 'Eden Black' Alpha clone.
H. heterdoxa (Gran Sabana)