Hey all,
Since you all saw my Sarracenia in bloom, here are my Nepenthes.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a122/cpyanger/135-3584_IMG.jpg
N. Truncata (lowland) = larger plant (dont mind the brown marks; their sunburns)
N. Truncata 'Pasian Highland' = dangling in the air


Enjoy.

I have to try some of these!

thanks

mine are still growing strong Eric

mine are still growing strong Eric

very good to hear, Lowell

The condition of your Nep "larger plant" is very similar to what I saw of the wild Neps here during the dry season. Cool! Very realistic.
Thanks for sharing.

How do you get them to make pitchers? I have two and the plant grows fine just can never get them to pitcher. I don't give them any fert. They are growing with my orchids. i have had one plant for at least three years and the other over a year. when I buy them they have pitchers but when they finally drop I never get new ones

How do you get them to make pitchers? I have two and the plant grows fine just can never get them to pitcher. I don't give them any fert. They are growing with my orchids. i have had one plant for at least three years and the other over a year. when I buy them they have pitchers but when they finally drop I never get new ones

Ray, what are your growing conditions? I found that my nep *hated* tap water and really likes rain water. I keep it very humid and never let it dry out completely. but at the same time it doesn't like to be soggy and sitting in water like other CPs. I keep mine under phal conditions basically. I don't think you need to give them any fert. My guess is maybe the humidity isn't quite high enough.

How do you get them to make pitchers? I

Light and humidity are the two main factors. Neps do not like minerals, so I use rainwater. Sometimes neps are potted and and sold by vendors in pure sphagnum peat, which does not allow enough air to the root system.

Under the correct conditions, you should get a new pitcher with every new leaf.

You can try a trick if it is a humidity problem. Take a ziplock bag and put a little water it. Then attach it to the end of the tendril (stem-like structure at the end of the leaf where the pitcher is attached) and place it around the starting pitcher on the second newest leaf. Make sure it is not the grow tip. Don't allow the new pitcher to sit in the water or it may rot. Once the pitcher starts to swell, you can remove the ziplock bag.

Light and humidity are the two main factors. Neps do not like minerals, so I use rainwater. Sometimes neps are potted and and sold by vendors in pure sphagnum peat, which does not allow enough air to the root system.

Under the correct conditions, you should get a new pitcher with every new leaf.

You can try a trick if it is a humidity problem. Take a ziplock bag and put a little water it. Then attach it to the end of the tendril (stem-like structure at the end of the leaf where the pitcher is attached) and place it around the starting pitcher on the second newest leaf. Make sure it is not the grow tip. Don't allow the new pitcher to sit in the water or it may rot. Once the pitcher starts to swell, you can remove the ziplock bag.

Ohhhhh, good idea. I try to stick the developing pitchers into the pot on top of the growing medium ( I grow in sphagnum). They seem to get bigger faster if I do this rather than let them hang free, although I can't fit all the pitchers into the pot.

In my openion, more sunlight can encourage Nepenthes to produce pitchers. Of course, higher humidity is reauired.
I was so crazy on collecting CPs before, but now I focus on Paphs. This is lowii x ventricosa.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/Weipang/CPs/DSCN9901.jpg

What a neat photo, I love it!

Oh my....that is absolutely gorgeous. Did you find that out in the wild? My little hooded pitcher has popped open and started to turn reddish. I think it is happy! Probably because I stopped squeezing it...:poke:

Ohhhhh, good idea. I try to stick the developing pitchers into the pot on top of the growing medium ( I grow in sphagnum). They seem to get bigger faster if I do this rather than let them hang free, although I can't fit all the pitchers into the pot.

That is also a good idea and I have also made that same observation.

Very nice pitcher, Chien.

Here is one of my favorite hybrids right now that I grow indoors under lights:

It is a Nepenthes muluensis x lowii:

http://www.phantomplants.com/mediac/400_0/media/muluxlowii.jpg

Dave, that is a cool looking pitcher!:cool: Thanks for posting!

Beautiful photos of Nep hybrids - Thanks

Here's a photo of a large plant (Nep khasiana)
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5278/nepkhasi0016jx.jpg

Wow! Mang, that is impressive. Thanks for sharing!

Ok thanks for some ideas . My humidity is 60 percent most of the time they get same light as my Phals. I keep them moist not waterlogged. only thing my water might be the problem it's well water does have a lot of iron but the Ph is 7 or 6.8 we had just tested our water at a meeting.I'm going to try the bag trick because I do have the starts they just don't develop into pitchers.

Ok thanks for some ideas . My humidity is 60 percent most of the time they get same light as my Phals. I keep them moist not waterlogged. only thing my water might be the problem it's well water does have a lot of iron but the Ph is 7 or 6.8 we had just tested our water at a meeting.I'm going to try the bag trick because I do have the starts they just don't develop into pitchers.

I think the light is your issue if the humidity is around 60%. Can you move it to a brighter spot?

Normally, I would predict that a high amount of iron in the potting mix would eventually kill it, but you may have one there that can tolerate it.

Totally awesome pitcher pics!

Phantom: I love that hairy pitcher!

Mang: That is HUGE! Mine grows like a weed and I find that the pitcher tendrils like to wrap around things like vines do.

Ray: My nep refused to make pitchers until I switched from tap water to rain water. It would start to make pitchers and they would turn brown and shrivel up before they formed. Now that I use rain water there are many pitchers forming! I keep it moist but not sopping wet.

Phantom: I love that hairy pitcher!


If you can provide cool growing conditions, you should try this one for hairy pitchers:

Nepenthes hamata

http://www.phantomplants.com/mediac/400_0/media/hamatared.jpg

If you can provide cool growing conditions, you should try this one for hairy pitchers: Nepenthes hamata

EEEEEK!!!! :eek: That is soooooooo scary! I adore it! I could threaten to feed my students to that if they don't behave muahahahaha!

How cool is "cool?" I really don't have a humid and cool place for most of the year. My indoor atrium gets up to 90 on the hottest days, but most days it stays around 80-85.

EEEEEK!!!! :eek: That is soooooooo scary! I adore it! I could threaten to feed my students to that if they don't behave muahahahaha!

How cool is "cool?" I really don't have a humid and cool place for most of the year. My indoor atrium gets up to 90 on the hottest days, but most days it stays around 80-85.

Typically, I have it around 55F at night, but in the summer, the temperature is closer to 70 at night. The maximum temp during the day should be around 85F, but it can tolerate a bit higher temps in the short-term. I also have mine in an enclosed terrarium with air pumped into water to raise the humidity to 80-90%. I know other growers who have had success with this plant under less than ideal conditions, but I have not chanced it with this plant.

Well Teresa sounds like mine are doing the same thing yours were so we have plenty of rain water here that's all it's done here as of late. Thanks for the tips.
Ray

It looks like something from a Sci Fi movie, I love it!

WOW! I love the nep hamata!
Thanks for sharing

Wow what a resource of beauty!

I had another vaginatum joke jump into my head.... :devil:

I saw both the high and low land forms of truncata in Southern Philippines. The highland form is much nicer especially the peristome.
Like Chien, I used to grow nepenthes but has given in to paphs.
I shall post the pics once I can locate them. I have visited habitats in East and West Malaysia and Philippines.

Regards,

Joseph.

Wow what a resource of beauty!

I had another vaginatum joke jump into my head.... :devil:

TADD, your reply was somewhat similar to what my hubby said when I showed him that picture! Scary thought!

And no joke... my vaginatum IS a resource of beauty thank you very MUCH :innocent:

If you can provide cool growing conditions, you should try this one for hairy pitchers:

Nepenthes hamata

http://www.phantomplants.com/mediac/400_0/media/hamatared.jpg

A challenging plant to grow. Would you care to share your cool growing conditions? Temperature (day and night), humidity, potting mix etc

Regards,

Joseph.

A challenging plant to grow. Would you care to share your cool growing conditions? Temperature (day and night), humidity, potting mix etc


I have this plant in a nearly sealed terrarium in my basement. I have the plant about 10" under four cool white T8 bulbs in two shoplights fixtures. The plant get 17 hours of light a day. The plant's pot sits on a plastic grate about 3 " above standing water. I have an air pumped into the water using an aquarium air pump to add fresh air and increase the humidity. I water it once per week with rainwater. The potting material is coconut fiber, orchid bark, charcoal and live/dead long-fibered sphagnum moss.
For most of the year, the high temperature is 65-70F (day) and the low temperature is 50-55F (night) in my unheated basement. My setup is probably overkill, but I also grow N. macrophylla and assorted Heliamphora in the same terrarium.

Thanks for asking.

I have this plant in a nearly sealed terrarium in my basement. I have the plant about 10" under four cool white T8 bulbs in two shoplights fixtures. The plant get 17 hours of light a day. The plant's pot sits on a plastic grate about 3 " above standing water. I have an air pumped into the water using an aquarium air pump to add fresh air and increase the humidity. I water it once per week with rainwater. The potting material is coconut fiber, orchid bark, charcoal and live/dead long-fibered sphagnum moss.
For most of the year, the high temperature is 65-70F (day) and the low temperature is 50-55F (night) in my unheated basement. My setup is probably overkill, but I also grow N. macrophylla and assorted Heliamphora in the same terrarium.

Thanks for asking.

Thanks for the info.
The only condition I cannot replicate is the temperature unless I invest some sort of airconidtioning.

Regards,

Joseph.