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Post by glider14 on Apr 28, 2008 14:12:18 GMT -10
Hey everyone! Ive been growing Nepenthes for about four years now and my collection has increased dramatically. I have experience with growing all but 2 genres of carnivorous plants. Nepenthes have always been my favorite and the one that tops them all for me would probably be N. burbidgea or clipeata, I guess Im a sucker for the cream pitchers with red spots plants  My favorite nep I have right now would probably be my N. tentaculata or my N. sanguinea orange that I've been growing since Dec. 06.Im 17 years old, a junior in highschool and I live in Louisville, KY. I look forward to learning more of the taxanomical aspects of Nepenthes. Alex |
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Post by radjess331 on Apr 28, 2008 14:52:44 GMT -10
Hey everyone! Ive been growing Nepenthes for about four years now and my collection has increased dramatically. I have experience with growing all but 2 genres of carnivorous plants. Nepenthes have always been my favorite and the one that tops them all for me would probably be N. burbidgea or clipeata, I guess Im a sucker for the cream pitchers with red spots plants My favorite nep I have right now would probably be my N. tentaculata or my N. sanguinea orange that I've been growing since Dec. 06.Im 17 years old, a junior in highschool and I live in Louisville, KY. I look forward to learning more of the taxanomical aspects of Nepenthes. Alex Omg ...I am a junior also and I am 17! go juniors!.... 0 what? 0 9!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by Michael on Apr 28, 2008 22:54:09 GMT -10
Welcome Alex!
I am 21
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Post by cloudsitter on Apr 28, 2008 23:14:27 GMT -10
I'm pretty jealous, the only other time until 2003/4 I had access to Nepenthes was in 1997 in Okinawa, Japan but never bought any, boy do I wish I had now. Glad to see ya Alex, how's everything growing.
Rob (nep369), 24,
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Post by glider14 on Apr 29, 2008 16:07:18 GMT -10
Hey everyone! Ive been growing Nepenthes for about four years now and my collection has increased dramatically. I have experience with growing all but 2 genres of carnivorous plants. Nepenthes have always been my favorite and the one that tops them all for me would probably be N. burbidgea or clipeata, I guess Im a sucker for the cream pitchers with red spots plants My favorite nep I have right now would probably be my N. tentaculata or my N. sanguinea orange that I've been growing since Dec. 06.Im 17 years old, a junior in highschool and I live in Louisville, KY. I look forward to learning more of the taxanomical aspects of Nepenthes. Alex Omg ...I am a junior also and I am 17! go juniors!.... 0 what? 0 9!!!!!!!!!!! yep! 09!! senior year is gonna be AWESOME! any thought into colleges yet? Rob: everything is growing great! lots of surprises too! my albo "green" from BE turned out to be one of the speckled clones! haha! Alex |
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Post by radjess331 on Apr 30, 2008 14:11:48 GMT -10
lol yeah community college...I dont have enough good grades to go anywhere else....LOL
O btw I was wondering what does you area think about the class of 09?
because here in california the entire class of 09 is viewed as a rude, bad group of students.....
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Post by sockhom on Apr 30, 2008 22:05:26 GMT -10
Welcome aboard Alex.
François.
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Post by srduggins on May 1, 2008 11:00:44 GMT -10
Well, I live in California and I don't view the entire 09 class as
I should know, my son is one as well!
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Post by glider14 on May 5, 2008 15:00:45 GMT -10
lol yeah community college...I dont have enough good grades to go anywhere else....LOL O btw I was wondering what does you area think about the class of 09? because here in california the entire class of 09 is viewed as a rude, bad group of students..... ah thats what my girlfriend is doing for a year. then shes going to University of Louisville with me haha. i think of my class as a pretty good one. its like any other with some groups that are better in society than others. over all we have better ACT scores as a class than the seniors now did. so i guess we are a little smarter Steve: get him into CPs! the teenage revolution will then begin! Alex |
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Post by srduggins on May 13, 2008 13:28:34 GMT -10
My son's friends show more interest in my plants than he does. Maybe it's one of those teen age rebillion things and he'll come around later ... but I doubt it. He's not that rebellious and has never had an interest in any plants.
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Post by rainforest on May 20, 2008 10:34:33 GMT -10
The perpetuation of nepenthes lies in our future generations. From what I've seen from various younger growers, it appears that the future for nepenthes is a safe and secure one. I believe many feel very strong about conservation and at the same time, also feel compelled to be able to maintain what species and hybrids we have in captivity close to their hearts.
It is interesting to see how these younger growers obtain and manifest themselves in this very expensive and time consuming "hobby."
A formal welcome to every young grower soon to become a masterful grower in time.
Michael
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Post by twoton on May 21, 2008 0:45:56 GMT -10
Michael,
why do you think this hobby is expensive? I believe a good starter kit for people in temperate zones can be had for as little as fifty bucks US. Sure, the light fixtures and the timer cost some money, but you can get the tank for free, a few starter neps for a tenner or two, and what else do you really need? If you want a greenhouse, then you're of course talking money, but I still think this hobby is WAY cheaper than keeping fish....
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My favorite nep I have right now would probably be my N. tentaculata or my N. sanguinea orange that I've been growing since Dec. 06.Im 17 years old, a junior in highschool and I live in Louisville, KY. 
