New Year New Growth Happy New Year Everyone, For those ...
New Year New Growth
Happy New Year Everyone,
For those who have expressed interest in Aelius, my heliamphora, I wanted to share this fun observation. I can see when a new trap is growing before it emerges! There it is in silhouette inside the latest trap.
Aelius has finally found his happy place. All the old unhappy traps have been replaced with healthy new growth. As soon as a trap opens, reddens, and flattens a new one will appear just like this.
I remember reading these guys can be very slow growing but now that he’s established I’m getting new traps every couple weeks. Maybe it’s just his active season?
#CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousClub #HappyPlants #cpclubthursday #heliamphora
Happy New Year Everyone,
For those who have expressed interest in Aelius, my heliamphora, I wanted to share this fun observation. I can see when a new trap is growing before it emerges! There it is in silhouette inside the latest trap.
Aelius has finally found his happy place. All the old unhappy traps have been replaced with healthy new growth. As soon as a trap opens, reddens, and flattens a new one will appear just like this.
I remember reading these guys can be very slow growing but now that he’s established I’m getting new traps every couple weeks. Maybe it’s just his active season?
#CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousClub #HappyPlants #cpclubthursday #heliamphora
1ft to light, indirect
6” pot without drainage
Last watered 5 days ago
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@HeraMonstera taking a page of your google’s black belt moves, I was able to find this ridiculously detailed article about Aelius 😜https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Heliamphora
@TheConservator he is an uncinata. He was cloned at Trapped Nursery in Roswell, GA by a grower named Andy Smith. 🙂
@TheConservator no. I actually don’t do much of anything with it. I think I’ve fed it twice in the 7 months I’ve had it. I have it in a bog planter under a light panel. I usually have a siphon that feeds distilled water into the bog but it recently went dry and I haven’t set it back up. I also top water the moss when it’s looking dry, so the bog gets flooded every week or two.
@TheConservator that is really cool. I’ve never tried filling them. It’s possible since your terrarium has really high walls that having it in sun over heated it. It’s shocking how hot a terrarium can get inside even at mild air temps.
Wooo go Aelius!! He is doing so well since I last saw him! I'm so happy that he's even putting out a new pitcher. Super beautiful as well, goodness Heliamphora are really just breathtaking!
I recently got a Heliamphora myself (Heliamphora Minor) and I'm so nervous I'm gonna accidentally kill it. So far mines going strong, just had to really make sure that it wouldn't overheat haha.
I recently got a Heliamphora myself (Heliamphora Minor) and I'm so nervous I'm gonna accidentally kill it. So far mines going strong, just had to really make sure that it wouldn't overheat haha.