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Example of a sunstressed plant! (Sarracenia) (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by howler@lemmy.zip to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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Some plants react to the sun much like humans do, "getting a tan". It's called sun stressing!

For this picture I kept one of Scylla's "mouths" in the shadow (indirect light), so it shows its natural green colour, but I made sure that the other "mouth" enjoyed as much (direct) sun as possible.

The plant is not upset about this experiment at all. It keeps pushing "mouths" like crazy.

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[-] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Do you keep them indoors all the time?

How do you handle the very high sunlight and hibernation requirements?

[-] howler@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

They are outdoors 90% of the time! I only bring them indoors when the night is going to be extremely cold.

They are on a south facing balcony, they get light all day. I don't do anything about hibernation, but they don't seem upset. I mean, this is their second or third year with me.

this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025

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