Hello everyone,
It has been a long time since I have posted here, although I have continued to benefit from reading all the interesting topics on this board.
And my small collection of plants have all been doing fairly well, with the exception of U. sandersonii. When I first got this plant, it did quite well in a peat/perlite mix. I later added a top coating of LFS, and it seemed to go downhill after this, although I am not sure if this was the actual cause of the problem (the LFS did seem to build up some algae). The symptoms included the leaves thinning and turning yellow, and the flowers slowly dying off. I tried repotting it in the original mix, but was unable to find very many roots to move, so maybe it was worse than I thought. The microscopic bit I was able to move seems to have died off.
I just recently picked up another plant for a second try, since this is supposed to be a fairly easy plant from what I have read. My current setup is a 10 gallon terrarium with temps of about 68-75F, 55-65% RH, and a 65W Fluorex light. All the other plants in the terrarium are doing great, including D. capensis, D. muscipula, N. rafflesiana, and H. minor x heterodoxa.
My main question is what type of soil mix is best. I have seen a lot of mention of sand and peat, but what kind of sand is this?
Also, how much water is the plant supposed to sit in? I had it in a saucer full of water, but perhaps this was not sufficient. I am thinking about making the setup that elgecko suggested.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, since I do not want to make the same mistake again!
Thanks,
Ben
It has been a long time since I have posted here, although I have continued to benefit from reading all the interesting topics on this board.
And my small collection of plants have all been doing fairly well, with the exception of U. sandersonii. When I first got this plant, it did quite well in a peat/perlite mix. I later added a top coating of LFS, and it seemed to go downhill after this, although I am not sure if this was the actual cause of the problem (the LFS did seem to build up some algae). The symptoms included the leaves thinning and turning yellow, and the flowers slowly dying off. I tried repotting it in the original mix, but was unable to find very many roots to move, so maybe it was worse than I thought. The microscopic bit I was able to move seems to have died off.
I just recently picked up another plant for a second try, since this is supposed to be a fairly easy plant from what I have read. My current setup is a 10 gallon terrarium with temps of about 68-75F, 55-65% RH, and a 65W Fluorex light. All the other plants in the terrarium are doing great, including D. capensis, D. muscipula, N. rafflesiana, and H. minor x heterodoxa.
My main question is what type of soil mix is best. I have seen a lot of mention of sand and peat, but what kind of sand is this?
Also, how much water is the plant supposed to sit in? I had it in a saucer full of water, but perhaps this was not sufficient. I am thinking about making the setup that elgecko suggested.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, since I do not want to make the same mistake again!
Thanks,
Ben