Pilea depressa can not really tolerate low temps, Id be warry of them going in the 50's they are from brazil and mexico. They should really be kept in the 70's. They are not frost tolerant or even all that hardy. Not sure id risk 60 bucks with cold temps, add more to your order to make shipping worth it or something.
Yes plants Plantae stretch the wide array of temperatures are are highly specialized in their geographic and endemic areas. Some do not tolerate changes outside of temp ranges, even more so even with soil types and pH. Lotta science and specialization in the world of amazing plants! Some can cling to life in even the most hospitable places though, truly incredible!!
See the orchids under my tender ministrations ignored and unwatered for years at a time for details. Wife got fed up and has coddled them for three weeks and several have started to bloom.
Yup!! and speaking of ferns one job, where i was the head gardener, I had the responsibility of managing the moss/fern/ and shade garden. They lost their original planting scheme record with the Id's of the ferns, had to Id by sori or sorus patterns....Oh boy was that an involved process lol.
Oh man I didnt delve into the orchid game, but a good friend of mine was a respected orchid breeder that grew out of the greenhouse I had my plants in. Lots goes into real orchid growing... not my game!!
Techs sacked out in chairs, on desks and even sleeping bags in the electron microscope room. Botanist checks his watch... might be this week! Everyone stand by!
Smart move, very smart move!! especially if you can get a guarantee on the express during the winter months, that is worth it!!
Unbelievable...fern ID is a mess. Did you have to deal with non-vascular plants as well?
Yes it was a mess, oh yeah I had to deal with various bryophytes as well..... It was an absolute pain, but it was a pain that was enjoyable.....I think what was more painful was the constant very careful and tedious weeding that had to happen in all the bryophytes. 40hr a week job just in not destroying all the moss everytime you weed. And they were particular, there could be no weeds in that garden hahaha
Yeah and tbf the prices were really good. Cork bark was like a third of what it was everywhere else, plants were either reasonable or bundled and really cheap, and the substrate was cheap aswell. Isopods were expensive <edit>, I'm debating not getting them still. Should I get the dwarf whites with my current springtail colony or will the enclosure not need them?
The Tarantula Enclosure NEEDS neither springtails nor Isopods nor live plants.
Nor did I NEED this comment
Chose to order online. Lowes requires a receipt so I decided to plant one in my yard and just use the other one as a house plant. I'm probably going to order today from neherp and black jungle. 2 plieas, some ferns, a bromeliad and an air plant. Probably purchasing some wood and cork bark aswell. My metallica sling is doing well, he or she has grown a third of an inch but I never saw the molt.
Would you mind posting pictures? I've been curious what you actually bought from Lowe's.
been wondering the same thing
I'm actually on vacation atm but one was an elephant Bush. The other one looked like a longer mini palm tree and ended with elegante or something. I'll post pictures when I get home.