Sell a piece to me when it's big enough?? lol j/k
To be serious, fairly high light- it should look yellowish or apple green, not dark green. Mine like almost full sun, just some protection from the most intense of the midday sun. If you're growing on a windowsill, I have grown antelopes happily in a WSW direct sun all day windowsill here in central FL. It was nubbly glass in a bathroom. Now my plants are all outside, and receive 4 or so hours of direct sun a day, the rest dappled.
As you can see from the last inside grow area I had, they appreciate higher humidity also; higher in summer lower in winter but never dry really.
They can't stand 'wet feet', and need a coarse fast draining media. Some of mine are in straight charcoal or Hydroton (little inorganic pebbles; I have also used lava chips very successfully). Most people use a bark/perlite/charcoal mix, osmunda or treefern can work well if you have it. You don't really want a moisture retentive media like sphagnum or coco chips unless your conditions are very dry and you're careful not to overwater.
As for pots, I use clay because it 'breathes' and I grow outside- heat and moisture retention are issues for me. (p.s. your plant would really appreciate summering outside) Most folk for indoor growing prefer clear plastic- you can see what's going on with your plant's roots and media without disturbing it. These antelopes prefer to grow in as small a pot as possible, but tend to be topheavy- you could grow in the plastic and use a terracotta as a slip pot. It's a good idea to layer the bottom of the pot with broken terracotta or even clean river rocks for weight. (I've grown in bare terracotta successfully too) If you don't need the weight, you can use Styrofoam peanuts- all these things help improve drainage by keeping the holes on the bottom from clogging shut.
These guys are temperature sensitive- definitely warm growers. I've had triple digit heat and it never seemed to bug them, but anything below 60* and they start suffering- much below 55* will kill them. Especially wet and cold.
Many can and will grow and bloom year round in the right conditions. The way I grow mine, in the fall as the temps start to drop the watering does too, and I stop feeding. Watering from daily sometimes or at least 2-3 times a week in the spring/summer to about once a week in winter. During growing season I feed weakly weekly. Most of mine will stop growing/blooming in the winter, with a big bloom explosion in the spring and continuing at a somewhat slower rate through fall.
Some of the antelopes can get HUGE, but indoors it usually dosan't get too monstrous.
Hope this helps!
|
I have a new Den.Johanis 'Nigresens'xDen.Choc Cherries
and Welcome to the OB! From another NC grower! 
Linear Mode
