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By Lucied
Posts:  22
Joined:  Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:35 pm
#327328
Hello, Im recklessly trying N. Jamban & N. Glabrata under unstable condition before. Now I've more experience growing LL,some hybrids & intermediate Neps, with Cephs & Heli, Im trying some HL Neps and build a new containment.

The Neps are Tenuis, Jacquelinae & Izumiae as a bonus.
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My condition is in a styrofoambox with night-time iceblock. 30cm distance from 40W LED growlight.
60% humidity at day & 72% humidity at night. The temperature are 50F/10C at night and slowly rise to 82F/28C in the afternoon. All without humidifier because the Jamban & Glabrata didnt seem to like the on-off cycle of my timed humidifier.



My questions related to HL conditions are :

1. Related to humidity, which one is better :
The stable humidity (60% day & 70-80% night) & is the live moss media beneficially provides extra humidity in close distance for HL's hi-humidity requirements?
VS
unstable humidity (100% when ON & 70% when off like before I installed a humidifier with timer for Jamban & Glabrata with interval of 45 minutes ON & 2 hours OFF at night from 11 PM to 6 AM). In a nutshell, its hi-low humidity

2. Do they really need the high day temperature around 82-89F/28-32C or its OK to keep the day temperature around 68-77F/20-25C? My night temp is 50F/10C with iceblock

3. I see a lot of different light statement for HL from ultrabright to shady. Which one the HL Neps truly favor especially for Jacq, Izumiae & Tenuis?

4. Can my Glabrata survive with its black tip? While he Jamban bizzarely gone very quickly blackening from the roots to the growth tip. Makes me insecure if its a disease. So I will terminate it to prevent the spread to my new Neps.
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5. Do someone have experience with N. Adrianii? Mine is growing good outdoor until recent heatwave make it suffer. And since its morphology is quite different, kinda epiphyte? I dont know what I should do in its recent shape & will it survive?
The previous condition :
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The recent condition :
Blackening growth tip but sprouting dormant nodes and making a weird pitchers
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Yellowing leaves
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Sprouting a basal
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6. And I have this hybrid of Aristo x Thorelii vining. Due to recent heatwave, the leaves on the fine are blackening from the bottom. But the basal is OK. Is it a heat issue or humidity issue? Will the vine survive?
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Best regards! Thx
By Lucied
Posts:  22
Joined:  Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:35 pm
#327373
Ooh and I forget, Im already installed a mini fan for more air & circulation. But it's reducing the humidity drastically below 30%. Is there any other way to get circulation without reducing the humidity?
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