July 2021, day 1.
May 2022. After 10 months of cultivation, the first mature pitcher is apperaring...
June 2022. The mature pitcher is fully formed, and a new one is already appearing.
June 2022. The inner hairs are developing a golden tint, providing further sparkle to an already dazzling pitcher.
Side view of the same pitcher. The aesthetics of Heliamphora leaves are worth at least two points of view.
Heliamphora ‘Flamingo’ is a unique, variegated marsh pitcher plant that produces mesmerizing pitchers. It quite literally illuminates my terrarium.
- Origin: horticulture ; variegated form of Heliamphora heterodoxa x ionasi (?)
- Environment: terrarium placed close to a south-facing, blinded window
- Temperature: from 10°C at night to 25°C during the day in the coldest months ; from 15°C to 32°C in the warmest months
- Light: two 4000K 12W LED bars with reflector, located 50 cm above the plant, alight 12 hours a day ; occasional shaded sunlight in the morning from October to April
- Soil: kanuma, live red sphagnum moss topping, in a planter made of compacted tree fern roots
- Watering: daily mistings of demineralized water on the sphagnum moss
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