- Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:01 pm
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I have a south-facing window that seems to be working very well for my small collection, but as I'm in the Northern hemisphere, it has light all day. So it gets quite hot over there already, 80 degrees or so, and I'm worried about summer. Both about my plants roasting and about my room getting unbearably hot.
We have UV film on some of the other windows in the house, and it does a great job of keeping things cooler. From what I've read, UV film doesn't harm houseplants because plants don't use UV light, but I'm not sure if it's the same for carnivores. The only thing I could find online about CPs and UV light is an article about how some pitcher plants have rims that glow under UV light to help them attract insects, which is cool, but didn't really answer my question.
We have UV film on some of the other windows in the house, and it does a great job of keeping things cooler. From what I've read, UV film doesn't harm houseplants because plants don't use UV light, but I'm not sure if it's the same for carnivores. The only thing I could find online about CPs and UV light is an article about how some pitcher plants have rims that glow under UV light to help them attract insects, which is cool, but didn't really answer my question.
Sorry for vanishing. Life happened. Might vanish again.