I just moved my rajah outside after a month of being in the living room for a day of nice cool foggy air. The nights in CA during the summer are pretty cool and there's fog sometimes which helps with the humidity. The new leaves are thicker and bigger, and one tendril is lengthining. The sibuyanensis next to it has longer tendrils now, so maybe lowii can adapt too.
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Hi,
under less than ideal conditions N. lowii is very slow but consistently growing at a rate of about one new leaf in two months. During summer temperatures in my terrarium are too high and humidity ist too low for N. lowii. During this time growth slows down and no pitchers are produced. It took my clone from Trus Madi about four years from TC to produce an adult lower pitcher:
Cheers Joachim
under less than ideal conditions N. lowii is very slow but consistently growing at a rate of about one new leaf in two months. During summer temperatures in my terrarium are too high and humidity ist too low for N. lowii. During this time growth slows down and no pitchers are produced. It took my clone from Trus Madi about four years from TC to produce an adult lower pitcher:
Cheers Joachim
nepenthes gracilis
Nepenthes Specialist
Has anyone ever built a mini-evaporative cooler, like the one in the link, to cool a terrarium, because that would be the best thing for Ebeyonder, just in close proximity... GOOD LUCK!!
EDIT: I have a rough idea for one, any suggestions? :
Get cotton, or a washcloth, somehow have water running through it, and have a PC fan of reasonable strength blowing on it, and that is essentially an evaporative cooler!!
EDIT: I have a rough idea for one, any suggestions? :
Get cotton, or a washcloth, somehow have water running through it, and have a PC fan of reasonable strength blowing on it, and that is essentially an evaporative cooler!!
N. lowii really isn't so slow if the conditions are ideal. About one leaf every 4-6 weeks is possible. Strangely it seems that N. ephippiata which is obviously a closely related species grows much faster than that.
In habitat N. lowii is a robust species and can get so huge that it blocks jungle trails along mountain ridge tops and people have to hack their way through the vines. Can you imagine?!
In habitat N. lowii is a robust species and can get so huge that it blocks jungle trails along mountain ridge tops and people have to hack their way through the vines. Can you imagine?!
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Think of all those cuttings?!
cheers
bill
Think of all those cuttings?!
cheers
bill
If anybody is willing to spend around 160 dollars for a micro chiller like this one, please go ahead!!
http://www.marinedepot.com/a_ch_microchiller.asp?CartId=
Gus
http://www.marinedepot.com/a_ch_microchiller.asp?CartId=
Gus
Gus,
While on the subject of expensive reef coolers, there is also this Teco range, which can heat and cool water based upon time of day.
http://www.tmc-ltd.co.uk/aquariumproducts/teco.asp
These are out of my budget too!
While on the subject of expensive reef coolers, there is also this Teco range, which can heat and cool water based upon time of day.
http://www.tmc-ltd.co.uk/aquariumproducts/teco.asp
These are out of my budget too!
