Lowland terrarium
Apr 5, 2008 12:03:37 GMT -10
Post by sockhom on Apr 5, 2008 12:03:37 GMT -10
Hello.
Growing Nepenthes in a terrarium is quite easy.
This is my lowland setup.
It comprises a big terrarium with sliding doors (130 cm long, 110 cm high and 60 cm large):
The terrarium is lit by a 250 W Metal Halid lamp. It is of course possible to use other light source such as HPS lamp, fluocompact tubes , T5/T8 tubes or envirolites.
The spectrum is not perfect (there's not enough red) but it is more than enough for Nepenthes culture. I grow tropical pitcher plants with this kind of light for almost four years now.
There is 10 cm of water at the bottom of the tank. I placed an aquarium heater which heats the water at 26 °C. I thus obtain a very good level of humidity (70 to 80 % at day and 100% at night.
The terrarium is placed in my living-room where the minimum temperatures is 15 °C at night.
Thanks to the aquarium heater, the temperatures never drop below 20°C.
I will soon set some fans for air circulation. The lowland plants have been grown for a few years without air circulation but I'm convinced that air movement will be beneficial (I already tried that for a few months in the past).
Growing Nepenthes in a terrarium is quite easy.
This is my lowland setup.
It comprises a big terrarium with sliding doors (130 cm long, 110 cm high and 60 cm large):
The terrarium is lit by a 250 W Metal Halid lamp. It is of course possible to use other light source such as HPS lamp, fluocompact tubes , T5/T8 tubes or envirolites.
The spectrum is not perfect (there's not enough red) but it is more than enough for Nepenthes culture. I grow tropical pitcher plants with this kind of light for almost four years now.
There is 10 cm of water at the bottom of the tank. I placed an aquarium heater which heats the water at 26 °C. I thus obtain a very good level of humidity (70 to 80 % at day and 100% at night.
The terrarium is placed in my living-room where the minimum temperatures is 15 °C at night.
Thanks to the aquarium heater, the temperatures never drop below 20°C.
I will soon set some fans for air circulation. The lowland plants have been grown for a few years without air circulation but I'm convinced that air movement will be beneficial (I already tried that for a few months in the past).
