- Sun May 01, 2011 4:54 am
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yes it is a problem for you is it not !! and guess its from people with there experiences, but I can tell you from the wild experience being in Borneo so many times and seeing these plants so much there that most or nearly all get full sun , the ones that do get shade are usually less colourful and possibly smaller in size , and still depends on where you see them, for instance the ones in Bako Park not far out of Kuching Sarawak are not as large as the ones on the road side sites all in full sun as well , I will put a few pic's up for you below , your raff may be a green house plant or open nursery plant I dont know may be best to get the info from the place you got if from in what conditions they are growing in, and try to copy that climate so the plant dose not get too stressed any more and regress for some time !!!!you can not help the fluctuation in humidity in your climate and the plant in the open will not suffer to much from this as long as it has enough water to make up for it !! low land plant will suffer more from cooler conditions more than any thing else they must have constant temps above 30c or what ever that is in F ?? 85 F or more I think !! below this and they start to go a bit weird slowly, they are less forgiving than high land plants for sure !! you could for your own info look up the weather clime in Kuching , Muri , Kotakinablu , and other low land areas in Borneo and see for your self the temps humidity and rainfall so then you will know the correct micro climate you actually need ok
J
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found this so will put this up too a great raff in the open road site site P1000996.JPG (128.09 KiB) Viewed 7097 times
road side site this is where raff's and many other low land plants grow in open full sun P1010005.JPG (135.48 KiB) Viewed 7111 times
road site raff full sun P1000965.JPG (153.97 KiB) Viewed 7111 times
some road site raff's fulll sun P1010009.JPG (147.82 KiB) Viewed 7111 times
some of bako parks rock formation and where Raff's grow too very open , the person sitting down is Ch'ien Lee naturalist and author of many neps books and our nep Borneo tour guide! great guy too !! P1010035.JPG (190.71 KiB) Viewed 7111 times
a Bako park Raff full sun P1010026.JPG (154.98 KiB) Viewed 7111 times
Bako park Raff.JPG (146.72 KiB) Viewed 7111 times