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Post by shartmeyer on Jun 16, 2007 9:51:08 GMT
Between 1988 and 2004 the plant was growing inside our tropical greenhouse, then I put it into an aluminum-glass show case for Nepenthes, which stands in our living room, and is equipped with an ultrasonic nebuliser and a professional 400W metal vapor lamp, which I also use at our two greenhouses (never ask me for our electricity bill  ). During the years the plant flowered several times and produced a lot of seeds. But due to a lack of place, and the welcome fact that the plant produced always several new shoots after flowering, I never tried to germinate the seeds myself and forwarded them to other CP friends. |
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Post by brokken on Jun 17, 2007 18:57:47 GMT
Between 1988 and 2004 the plant was growing inside our tropical greenhouse, then I put it into an aluminum-glass show case for Nepenthes, which stands in our living room, and is equipped with an ultrasonic nebuliser and a professional 400W metal vapor lamp, which I also use at our two greenhouses (never ask me for our electricity bill ). During the years the plant flowered several times and produced a lot of seeds. But due to a lack of place, and the welcome fact that the plant produced always several new shoots after flowering, I never tried to germinate the seeds myself and forwarded them to other CP friends. Question regarding your ultrasonic nebulizer: That's the approach that I am trying myself in my small 30 gallon terrarium. I am new to nepenthes, so I've not had much exposure to their needs. I have a small nebulizer, but so far, my N. talangensis seems a little bit happier and all my other nephs seem to be pitchering better. My concern is: How often do you have to change the diffuser membrane in your setup? |
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Post by shartmeyer on Jun 19, 2007 10:28:39 GMT
The first two years I used a small ultrasonic nebulizer which is available in several nurseries and garden shops, mainly thought for miniature-ponds for living rooms. I guess this is what you mean. But the membranes needed to be changed 2-3 times within one year. Meanwhile I use a professional and bigger model, which is also used in commercial quality room humidifiers. This is able to work for several years without problems. Using a timer it works about all two hours for 20-40 minutes (depending on daytime and room humidity).
Important: only nebulize deionized water, or maybe rainwater. Putting the device simply into a terrarium nebulizing the low pH and tannins enriched water from the bottom will very soon destroy any membrane.
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