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My D. burmannii has been looking like this for around a week, and I've been wondering what's going on. So I can fix it and make it happy again.

Try top watering it for a week or two.

Ok thank you.

Looks a little dry. The tentacle sere all curled up, but it doesn't look dead. Maybe bag it?

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:Looks a little dry. The tentacle sere all curled up, but it doesn't look dead. Maybe bag it?

. Sorry to hijack the post. Can you please explain the process of bagging it. Why and how do you do that?


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KA141 wrote:. Sorry to hijack the post. Can you please explain the process of bagging it. Why and how do you do that?


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Sometimes bagging a troubled plant will help it recover quicker. You put a sandwich bag over the pot, and remove it for a few minutes each day until the plant starts growing again. When it starts growing again you cut small one inch corners off the bag about once a week.

This can be used to acclimate plants to new growing conditions as well.

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KA141 wrote:. Sorry to hijack the post. Can you please explain the process of bagging it. Why and how do you do that?


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Sometimes bagging a troubled plant will help it recover quicker. You put a sandwich bag over the pot, and remove it for a few minutes each day until the plant starts growing again. When it starts growing again you cut small one inch corners off the bag about once a week.

This can be used to acclimate plants to new growing conditions as well.

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Thank you. I'm still learning!



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Thanks for explaining the bagging process. I'm wondering if you can use a humidity dome instead of a bag to get similar results.

KA141 wrote: Thank you. I'm still learning!



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You are welcome.

Raistlarn wrote:Thanks for explaining the bagging process. I'm wondering if you can use a humidity dome instead of a bag to get similar results.

Yes it can be. I use the big 1020 style vented domes for germination. Just for one pot though a sandwich bag and a rubber band work pretty well, not to mention cheap and readily available.

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I'll just put it in my germination trays. That way I can put a humidity dome on it.

I would try what Benurmanii suggested first. Only difference is I would float it, and then drown it from above for the next couple weeks.

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Well, if I ever have problems with my burmanniis, all I ever did was water 'em and flood 'em.
My burmanniis lurves high level of water. In a week, new leaf with dews emerges. Put an ant or two. Same thing next week when new leaf appeared.
In a month, it jumps back to normal.
No humidity domes.
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Thats my burmanniis tho.
I hope yours can recover nicely.

Chingz wrote:Well, if I ever have problems with my burmanniis, all I ever did was water 'em and flood 'em.
My burmanniis lurves high level of water. In a week, new leaf with dews emerges. Put an ant or two. Same thing next week when new leaf appeared.
In a month, it jumps back to normal.
No humidity domes.
.
Thats my burmanniis tho.
I hope yours can recover nicely.

That's the case when you live in a tropical place-or even near a natural burmannii habitat, like me! I bet I can find some plants in the rice field!. Back to the point:
I just water 'em a lot and once they produce dew I feed them ants!