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Originally Posted by Roberta
Where you live, it likely also could be quite happy outside. Rl. digbyana is OK, Rl glauca is even more cold-tlerant.
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My problem is light, I have a balcony but it’s not top floor, so some shadowing happens. West facing, during summer it can get 4-6h of direct sun. I keep Sarracenia, Monstera, and a (non-producing) olive tree, I’m also acclimating some Catasetum to get the afternoon sun (which they seem to tolerate really well), and have B. nodosa getting those afternoon rays as well without issue. I can tell light is not the “bestest” because the olive tree has been a bit sluggish, Sarracenia seem to be doing okay but some of the cultivars I grow would turn ruby red under the right light, this year they are green-orange, when I had them indoors right below the lights to ensure a 23 DLI they would be a beautiful red. I have some other plants placed behind the railing, which has a decorative grid that filters light, this was enough to make some terrestrials bloom and some polka dot plants are thriving there. I can’t mount shade cloth due to community rules, so the options are placing plants under afternoon sun, behind the railing or behind a bush or tree. Unfortunately, I measured the light using the Photone App and the shaded areas would probably be too shaded, the direct sunlight area might work if the plant can tolerate the heat (I think it can acclimate to it based on nodosa) but in fall/winter, when the sun is further south, I doubt it will have enough light. So it’ll be a consideration of whether I want to add another plant to the summer outdoors/winter indoors gang. Those that go dormant are less of a concern but for the rest I really dread pests haha
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