Hi,
I recently took a weekend trip and came back to find my heliamphora looking less than happy. After doing a bit of research, the sudden death syndrome that I have read about seems to be related to fungal infections.
I received this plant in a juvenile stage about a year ago. Slowly but surely, the adult pitchers crowded the lidto the point where I could not cover it any longer. So, I took my chances and left it in the open air (southern Louisiana, late fall, winter). It sits under a CFL with a few others of my collection. I mist it daily.
Is this from a lack of humidity -- and what, if any, chance do I have of saving it?
I'm a little afraid to repot it but it is early spring so I'd imagine this is an ideal time.
I will also be moving in the next few months and didn't want to set up anything too permanent or burdensome to transport.
Also, how do you manage these very specific conditions? I'm interested in some creative ways of mimicking ideal settings.
Thanks for the help!
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I recently took a weekend trip and came back to find my heliamphora looking less than happy. After doing a bit of research, the sudden death syndrome that I have read about seems to be related to fungal infections.
I received this plant in a juvenile stage about a year ago. Slowly but surely, the adult pitchers crowded the lidto the point where I could not cover it any longer. So, I took my chances and left it in the open air (southern Louisiana, late fall, winter). It sits under a CFL with a few others of my collection. I mist it daily.
Is this from a lack of humidity -- and what, if any, chance do I have of saving it?
I'm a little afraid to repot it but it is early spring so I'd imagine this is an ideal time.
I will also be moving in the next few months and didn't want to set up anything too permanent or burdensome to transport.
Also, how do you manage these very specific conditions? I'm interested in some creative ways of mimicking ideal settings.
Thanks for the help!
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