Re: [aroid-l] Light Green not Dark Green Leaves (previously Anthurium clarinervum)

From: "ron iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2003.12.23 at 15:14:03(10963) Derek And a Happy Christmas to You & all who read this Problem...the weeds have too little chlorophyll to look their Sunday best? Stop it Ron! And let's be almost serious... Is it a light problem? What's the intensity? For "ordinary"(!) plants it's sometimes recommended to use tungsten lighting at a ratio of one watt to every five watts of fluorescent lighting to supply the red light missing from the latter? But are some aroids less than "ordinary"? Do some shade plants like more blue & even green light & little or no "warm" light? Ferns? Maybe the opposite could be true & very bright light plants maybe don't care much about "cold" blue & green light? Spathiphyllum react badly to Sodium Grolux lights at 6w /900 lumens/square foot. In fact the infra-red/slight heat from 6' away makes them very pale indeed & Na-Grolux at over 1000 lumens/square foot burns 'em. They grow satisfactorily even well under fluorescent lighting without tungsten at <2W/160 lumens/square foot. Do some plants which prefer shade react badly to excess light at the red end of the spectrum? Is your light intensity excessive or your light quality wrong for the plants? +More You use a high nitrogen fertiliser? How alkaline/acid & hard/soft is your water supply & rooting medium? How about chelated trace elements? Do you foliar spray? What factors in your life support systems environments are not optimum? Maybe my suggestions are rubbish & your pets becoming pale green is just their way of saying "thank you" for being "spoiled" by your well intended & hopefully not utterly misguided kindnesses to them? Tragic! I'm writing this splurge instead of getting ready for Rudolph & Santa. Bye. Cheers Ron Thermophile ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:58 AM Subject: [aroid-l] Anthurium clarinervum > > > Can anyone help with this question that came in to me. > > "Am looking for someone who currently raises Anthurium clarinerviums > and/or cyrstallinms. I have these plants under fluorescent lights with a > cool and warm bulb in each fixtures, fertilize sparingly in winter and > regularly in spring and summer with 30-10-10 orchid fertilizer. The > problem is my leaves are pale green instead of dark green. Would > appreciate any advice given." > > Derek > > > >

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