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07-19-2014, 12:32 PM
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Dracula erythrochaete
The Dracula are taking off this year with a ton of new growth. I adjusted their location to allow 900-1050fc. It's paying off.
D. erythrochaete is presently sending out spikes.
Bud before opening. The fountain fog made it difficult to get a clear shot.
Open flower
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07-19-2014, 02:43 PM
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Beautiful!!! You made me jealous for a moment. Hehe
I wish I knew how to grow Draculas. But the south might be too warm still. Indoor culture might be a possibility.... just maybe...
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07-19-2014, 06:58 PM
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Fabulous!
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07-19-2014, 08:38 PM
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Thats awesome!! I love it.
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07-20-2014, 01:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenthumb.5
Beautiful!!! You made me jealous for a moment. Hehe
I wish I knew how to grow Draculas. But the south might be too warm still. Indoor culture might be a possibility.... just maybe...
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Dracs like cool, like 70-80 absolute high in the day. The humidity must be above 70 or the buds will bust or shrivel up. They like lots of water. I have read a ton of conflicting information on these plants. What I have found is that they don't like being repotted, they want to be soaking wet, light should be around 900fc, Air movement (lots of it) and they need lots of humidity when they are in blooming phase (read: Spring, Summer, Fall).
You might try to grow in a terrarium type situation, but it is very important that you have drops in the night-time temps. My temps go from 80 in the day down to 50-60 at night. Also provide fans for air movement to keep mold, fungus and mildew at bay.
I run a large swamp cooler on a thermostat all day. I have a smaller cooler on a timer for the days when the outside temps are expected to be 90 and above. I also have a fogger and misting system.
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07-20-2014, 02:10 PM
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Gorgeous! Just gorgeous!
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07-28-2014, 11:39 AM
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I live in Scotland and I'm thinking this might be a good one for me. I live right next to the sea, so humidity and coolness are right there. What kind of medium are you in ? It looks like spag moss in the pic but it's hard to tell...
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07-28-2014, 11:41 AM
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I love this. For some reason, it reminds me of French toast.
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07-28-2014, 12:33 PM
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Stunning, I love Draculas, so said I can only admire them here on the pics :-) This one is real monkey! :-)
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07-31-2014, 12:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Highland Fashionista
I live in Scotland and I'm thinking this might be a good one for me. I live right next to the sea, so humidity and coolness are right there. What kind of medium are you in ? It looks like spag moss in the pic but it's hard to tell...
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I use New Zealand premium moss in net pots. I am looking at experimenting with another mount method for the Dracs. More on that later.
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