CorneliusSchrute
A leuco by any other name would still be as glutto
I have been growing Darlingtonia for several months now, and they seem to be doing well. I have a thread on a different forum updating my experiences. Here is a link to that thread for those interested.
To summarize, our summers here are hot, and I figured Darlingtonia would not thrive. To overcome this, I built a recirculating setup with a cooler, a fountain pump, and some tubing. I do not chill the water, though. I personally subscribe to the idea that it is not the water temperture but the oxygenated water that keeps cobra lilies happy; evidently my setup oxygenates the water enough without cooling.
Anyway, I say all that just for an excuse to post a picture or two. This one is of my setup today. The red plant was my first one and is descended from the Del Norte county population; it came from Mike Wang. The green one is a more recent acquisition from Brie, and it is from the Siskiyou Mountain populations.
I will try to post some updates every so often. Thanks for looking!
To summarize, our summers here are hot, and I figured Darlingtonia would not thrive. To overcome this, I built a recirculating setup with a cooler, a fountain pump, and some tubing. I do not chill the water, though. I personally subscribe to the idea that it is not the water temperture but the oxygenated water that keeps cobra lilies happy; evidently my setup oxygenates the water enough without cooling.
Anyway, I say all that just for an excuse to post a picture or two. This one is of my setup today. The red plant was my first one and is descended from the Del Norte county population; it came from Mike Wang. The green one is a more recent acquisition from Brie, and it is from the Siskiyou Mountain populations.
I will try to post some updates every so often. Thanks for looking!