I've had quite a few moranensis develop really pale green leaves and not sure exactly why.
Quick back story, the original plant suffered a small amount of crown damage and decided to develop schizophrenia (early November).
In the beginning stages of this I thought some the leaves had become slightly disconnected and the plants were growing from them instead of the crown. Upon pulling one off, it was quite obvious the plantlets were all connected to the crown. The three smaller plants developed on this first leaf pulling and can be seen in the square pot. The other five were divided from the splitting crown with one in the square pot and 4 in the round pot.
Both had been receiving roughly similar light levels about 14" below a 4x48 T5HO 6500K top, and 5-7" away from a 100w 2700K CFL in the front and a 2700k single T8 on the back. Watering was also kept fairly similar but the round pot (the better looking one) has a sphagnum bottom with a small tray underneath it whereas the square is just the media and no tray. Humidity levels average around 65-70% during the day and 85% at night. Temps are a bit warm at the moment reaching between 88-90F during the day and 68-70F at night (I have been building a cooling system for the terrarium but not finished). As for the medium both are fairly similar containing 2 perlite: 2 vermiculite: 1 lave rock: 1 horticulture sand: and maybe 8-10 1" pieces of LFS for a little water retention.
About 3 days ago I moved the circle pot up closer to the 6500K lights to a distance of 6" but it's too soon for that to make a difference. Although when I did do that I noticed one of the plants has another growing underneath it and that one is another order of magnitude greener than the main plant. This makes me think my light levels might be too high at the moment but hell these things do grow in the mountains of Mexico so I doubt I have that many lumens.
In the same tank I have a cyclocecta that's loving the raised 6" position, a lautner that just started flowering, an emarginata that seems to constantly flower, a primulaflora that has easily developed three new plants, and a jaumavensis that seems just as happy as the rest. Any ideas why the moranensis has been so finicky?
Quick back story, the original plant suffered a small amount of crown damage and decided to develop schizophrenia (early November).
In the beginning stages of this I thought some the leaves had become slightly disconnected and the plants were growing from them instead of the crown. Upon pulling one off, it was quite obvious the plantlets were all connected to the crown. The three smaller plants developed on this first leaf pulling and can be seen in the square pot. The other five were divided from the splitting crown with one in the square pot and 4 in the round pot.
Both had been receiving roughly similar light levels about 14" below a 4x48 T5HO 6500K top, and 5-7" away from a 100w 2700K CFL in the front and a 2700k single T8 on the back. Watering was also kept fairly similar but the round pot (the better looking one) has a sphagnum bottom with a small tray underneath it whereas the square is just the media and no tray. Humidity levels average around 65-70% during the day and 85% at night. Temps are a bit warm at the moment reaching between 88-90F during the day and 68-70F at night (I have been building a cooling system for the terrarium but not finished). As for the medium both are fairly similar containing 2 perlite: 2 vermiculite: 1 lave rock: 1 horticulture sand: and maybe 8-10 1" pieces of LFS for a little water retention.
About 3 days ago I moved the circle pot up closer to the 6500K lights to a distance of 6" but it's too soon for that to make a difference. Although when I did do that I noticed one of the plants has another growing underneath it and that one is another order of magnitude greener than the main plant. This makes me think my light levels might be too high at the moment but hell these things do grow in the mountains of Mexico so I doubt I have that many lumens.
In the same tank I have a cyclocecta that's loving the raised 6" position, a lautner that just started flowering, an emarginata that seems to constantly flower, a primulaflora that has easily developed three new plants, and a jaumavensis that seems just as happy as the rest. Any ideas why the moranensis has been so finicky?