Growing Conditions & Care Levels
All of my plants grow in one of the following 5 categories. These terms will be used on each individual plant page, and show individual preferences for temperature, humidity, etc. The plants also have varying difficulties, listed below
The Windowsill
The windowsill is a large, south facing window on the second floor of the house. It gets several hours of direct sun a day, and is mostly filled with intermediate Nepenthes, Drosera, and Pinguicula. The temperatures are standard household temps, with days ranging in the 78-82F range, while night time temps barely dip to 76F. Fluctuations may happen in winter and summer months, but due to air conditioning, it's usually temporary. Added humidity is minimal.
Grow Racks
The plants here experience exactly the same temperatures and humidity as the windowsill residents. However, these plants are grown under strong LED lights, ranging from softer white Yescom Panels to beefy MarsHydro 300w. Most of these plants would do fine on the windowsill, but just show less color
Intermediate/Highland
The highland plants are grown under white Yescom LEDs, which produce minimal heat. The humidity here is always above 65%, day temps are never go above 82F, and night time drops to around 64-66F. This nighttime drop is achieved through a mix of frozen water bottles, foggers, computer fans, and a mini evaporative cooler.
Lowland Tubs
Lowland plants are grown in extremely high humdity (85%+), bright light from LEDs, and warm tempertures year round. The temperatures never drop below 78F, and stay around 86F during the day with the use of heat mats.
Outdoors Shade Cloth
Temperate plants are grown here. They receive outdoor, Plano weather year round. A 25% shade cloth is hung above the plants to prevent them from burning in Summer. They are all grown on a tray system, with the trays being around 4" deep. Water is always present in the trays, and in winter, they experience cold temperatures and go dormant.
The windowsill is a large, south facing window on the second floor of the house. It gets several hours of direct sun a day, and is mostly filled with intermediate Nepenthes, Drosera, and Pinguicula. The temperatures are standard household temps, with days ranging in the 78-82F range, while night time temps barely dip to 76F. Fluctuations may happen in winter and summer months, but due to air conditioning, it's usually temporary. Added humidity is minimal.
Grow Racks
The plants here experience exactly the same temperatures and humidity as the windowsill residents. However, these plants are grown under strong LED lights, ranging from softer white Yescom Panels to beefy MarsHydro 300w. Most of these plants would do fine on the windowsill, but just show less color
Intermediate/Highland
The highland plants are grown under white Yescom LEDs, which produce minimal heat. The humidity here is always above 65%, day temps are never go above 82F, and night time drops to around 64-66F. This nighttime drop is achieved through a mix of frozen water bottles, foggers, computer fans, and a mini evaporative cooler.
Lowland Tubs
Lowland plants are grown in extremely high humdity (85%+), bright light from LEDs, and warm tempertures year round. The temperatures never drop below 78F, and stay around 86F during the day with the use of heat mats.
Outdoors Shade Cloth
Temperate plants are grown here. They receive outdoor, Plano weather year round. A 25% shade cloth is hung above the plants to prevent them from burning in Summer. They are all grown on a tray system, with the trays being around 4" deep. Water is always present in the trays, and in winter, they experience cold temperatures and go dormant.
Easy
Plants perfect for a beginner and tolerant of a wide range of mistakes. You can mess up a thing or two and they'll forgive you. Usually these plants are fast growing and propagate fast, as well as relatively cheap. Able to adapt to most conditions with varying temperatures, light, humdity, etc.
Medium
Plants great for those who mastered the easy level plants. Most of these are still easy to grow, but have individual quirks and requirements that make them not so forgiving of mistakes. For example, petiolaris complex Drosera will go dormant and die if you let the temperatures drop down to 60F, while a Drosera capensis won't care at all.
Difficult
Plants that require special care different from the ones above, or ones that are extremely sensitive to changes in their environment. Usually expensive or rare, and best for someone with experience with easy and medium plants. They should only be grown in a certain set of conditions if you want to see them thrive.
Plants perfect for a beginner and tolerant of a wide range of mistakes. You can mess up a thing or two and they'll forgive you. Usually these plants are fast growing and propagate fast, as well as relatively cheap. Able to adapt to most conditions with varying temperatures, light, humdity, etc.
Medium
Plants great for those who mastered the easy level plants. Most of these are still easy to grow, but have individual quirks and requirements that make them not so forgiving of mistakes. For example, petiolaris complex Drosera will go dormant and die if you let the temperatures drop down to 60F, while a Drosera capensis won't care at all.
Difficult
Plants that require special care different from the ones above, or ones that are extremely sensitive to changes in their environment. Usually expensive or rare, and best for someone with experience with easy and medium plants. They should only be grown in a certain set of conditions if you want to see them thrive.
