View Full Version : Nepenthes, Bougainvillea, and More!


Paphy57
January 16th, 2008, 09:34 PM
Here are some plants that are blooming now:

Nepenthes Ventrata
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/NPhillipps/Tropicals/Carnivorous%20Plants/IMG_0506.jpg

Bougainvillea 'Mini Purple'
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/NPhillipps/Tropicals/Bougainvillea/IMG_0502.jpg

Kalanchoe
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/NPhillipps/Tropicals/Schlumbergera/IMG_0508.jpg

Schlumbergera 'Thor Vida'??
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/NPhillipps/Tropicals/Schlumbergera/IMG_0526.jpg

Paphraguy
January 16th, 2008, 09:50 PM
Beautiful plants! :thumbsup:

Slipperguy
January 16th, 2008, 11:13 PM
Awesome...I like your nepenthes!

ammopak
January 17th, 2008, 06:05 AM
I like the mini Bougainvilleas a lot. I haven't seen minis like this before!

Paphi
January 17th, 2008, 09:26 AM
very very pretty:heart::heart::heart:

orchidlover
January 17th, 2008, 10:47 AM
You do grow them so well and they are beautiful!

Paul B
January 17th, 2008, 03:47 PM
Nice plant collection!

Slipperguy
January 18th, 2008, 12:01 AM
Awesome plants and pics...:cool:

newbie
August 29th, 2009, 06:32 PM
Your nepenthes is very beautiful. Do you grow them with your paphs?

Justin
August 29th, 2009, 07:50 PM
very healthy plants!

Paphy57
August 29th, 2009, 08:28 PM
Your nepenthes is very beautiful. Do you grow them with your paphs?

I do. They grow great alongside phrags like besseae and water loving phrags. I set it in a tray of water and mist it every so often since I have low humidity. They just need either RO or Distilled water.

Paphraguy
August 29th, 2009, 08:30 PM
I think the pitcher plants would do great with Paphs since they are also native to Borneo as most Paphs are from.

Paphraguy
August 29th, 2009, 08:34 PM
What do you feed your pitcher plants anyway? :lol: Do you catch bugs for the pitchers or do you just feed them plant food/fertilizer?

Paphy57
August 29th, 2009, 08:36 PM
What do you feed your pitcher plants anyway? :lol: Do you catch bugs for the pitchers or do you just feed them plant food/fertilizer?

Fertilizer or plant food would kill them. They like a medium with no nutrients. To be honest, they do just fine without any extra food (bugs), but they catch gnats and sometimes I will put an ant inside one of the pitchers.

casey
August 29th, 2009, 09:10 PM
Nice healthy plants!

newbie
August 29th, 2009, 10:25 PM
Fertilizer or plant food would kill them. They like a medium with no nutrients. To be honest, they do just fine without any extra food (bugs), but they catch gnats and sometimes I will put an ant inside one of the pitchers.

That is very interesting to know that fertilizer and plant food would kill them! Do they make flowers?

Rocco
August 30th, 2009, 09:26 AM
Beautiful plants!

newbie
August 30th, 2009, 02:12 PM
Is that bouganvillea a bonsai plant? It looks like it is planted in a bonsai pot.

Tom S
August 30th, 2009, 04:05 PM
Beautiful plants!

Thanks for sharing!

Tom Velardi
August 30th, 2009, 06:19 PM
Nick, nice to see you can grow good pitchers on your Nepanthes - they never formed well for me when I tried them in Florida. Do you grow it inside all year round?

dragonfly22
August 30th, 2009, 06:56 PM
Great looking plants. The Nepanthes is very well grown!

Paphy57
August 30th, 2009, 09:06 PM
Is that bouganvillea a bonsai plant? It looks like it is planted in a bonsai pot.

Yes it is. I prefer growing the bougainvillea as bonsai since then they don't grow the nasty thorns.

Paphy57
August 30th, 2009, 09:07 PM
Nick, nice to see you can grow good pitchers on your Nepanthes - they never formed well for me when I tried them in Florida. Do you grow it inside all year round?

I grow them in the GH all year long. They form pitchers very nicely for me.

phragmip
May 9th, 2010, 08:22 AM
Your plats are all so beautiful! Beautiful pictures.