Are you happy with the plants you received from Wistuba. After a few months of acclimation, my Heliamphora (several interesting species) are all thriving.
I don't know the answer to your Neblinae Parva question, but my Neblinae red is one of my favorites.
My Heliamphoras all grew well from the start. Since it is so difficult to get in contact with him, I wish he would have sent them with details and growing instructions.
Right now, I am growing all of them just like I grow my H Heterodoxa x Minor. But I know some do not require as much humidity or cool weather. However, I am not quite clear how much difference in temperature and humidity would a H Ciliata be able to handle.
When I first contacted Andreas Wistuba, I asked if conditions for any should differ from my Heterodoxa x minor, and he said the growing conditions should be no different.
Many of mine are starting to put up more mature traps. It is great how you can see an extremely small red tip forming, and you know right away that it will become a mature trap rather than an adolescent pre-trap.
If you have a chance to share any pictures of your Heliamphoras and your growing set up, I'd be very interested.
Stewart McPherson's book Pitcher Plants of the America's says that H.nevlinae, "are typically 20-35 cm in height but can reach up to 40 cm in height in shaded conditions " (page 152.) No mention of your Parva cultivar.
You know Brian Barnes, President of Florida CP Society(FCPS) is a Big fan of Heliamphora. He shares his pictures on the FCPS site and the International Carnivorous Plant Society.
It looks like you're using live sphagnum moss. Where did you get it? Is that just top dressing, or is it all the way through?
Your Chimantensis looks very full and healthy. Mine was ordered as a "stage 3" which is probably of similar maturity. Looks like yours has been pretty prolific making new adult traps.
My neblinae is one of my favorites, although it is still juvenile. It is nice to see yours to get an idea of what the adult pitchers will look like.
I really wanted a Puchella for their cool hairy pitchers, but he didn't have them at the time. I see they are available now.
Do you grow them in a terrarium, and how do you maintain the humidity? Mine are in a terrarium under fluorescent lights, I have a big bowl of water in there which may help to maintain humidity, and I mist once a day. Once a week, I take each plant out, cut off dead pitchers and flush liberally from the top with distilled water.
I agree that the quality of the plants from Wistuba was excellent.
The adult pitchers mine have are adult but juvenile. Do not know what stage you may call that. Every pitcher coming is a little taller than the other. So I will have to get a new terrarium soon.
The Neblinae Parva becomes very hairy when adult. So the red purple colour that it gets is filtered through the white hairs giving the plant a pastel colour look.
Well, I place mine in terrariums I made from plastic candy boxes. I have them under two fluorescent light tubes about 3 inches away from the light. But the terrarium top is very close to the lights, almost touching them. The moss is live only at the top.
The good thing about live moss is that if live moss is growing well, that is a measure sign that the humidity is at an excellent level.
I only spray them about once a week to get rid of any fungi that might be growing on the pitchers. If the fungi takes a hold, it starts turning the pitchers black. So I take a small painting brush, and brush the fungi out of the pitchers then I spray the pitchers down to finish the cleaning. The black they get is only at the surface caused by the fungi itself.
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