Greenhouse Pix, early June

[twoton]

Some stuff from the other day. Click thumbnail for larger pic.

N. sanguinea


N. x ventrata


N. maxima "dark" x (x trusmadiensis) with golden spider (which disappeared into the pitcher, never to be seen again)


N. alata "red"


N. truncata x stenophylla


N. x "Red Leopard"; ventricosa x maxima


N. rajah (Yep. That's right ;D)


N.x "Facile Koto"; [thorelii x (x mastersiana)]; upper


N. x ventricosa x (x trusmadiensis)


Adenium obesum, aka Desert Rose. Despite its humid climate, Taiwan is the world's foremost Adenium hybridizer. Go figger...

[nepaholic]

Nice stuff Hans. Looks like you never cant stopp with this plants I hope so
You make a good job.
How grow the rajah in your conditions?

Jens

[jefforever]

Your Adenium obesum flowers are amazing!

[rainforest]

Nice collection. now have you flowered any and made any seeds to date?

M

[cloudsitter]

Weird your truncata x stenophylla hasn't gotten very big, or at least what I was expecting from what mine has been doing.

Wonderful as always twoton, how long have you had the rajah?

Rob

[twoton]

Hi everyone,

thanks for the nice words.

rainforest: back when I had about 300 plants, hundreds flowered and I tried to hybridize a few. Alas, something always went wrong, due to my lack of experience, and the seeds never sprouted. I now have only around 90 plants left, six of them in flower, and one pregnant - a bastard whose Mom is thorelii x densiflora" and the father unknown, thanks to the busy insects in my greenhouse and my lack of a security camera. I hope those seeds will be more successful, though.

cloudsitter: I live in Northern Taiwan, where the winters are cold (down to ~46 F) and the summers are hot (= tropical). Some plants can't take the extremes - see the rajah, which is now three years old....I expect it to die within the next year, just like the other four rajahs I experimented with. (Yes, this is the last one I try out)

[vraev]

Fantastic collection Hans. Your N.rajah pic is definitely my favourite and is currently my wallpaper. Amazing quality and very very cute pitcher. Thanks for sharing.

[cloudsitter]

Ahh... I didn't realize it got that cold there. I'm gonna go get some pics of mine to compare later today.

[flymoon]

Jun 11, 2008 1:16:30 GMT -10 twoton said:

Hi everyone,

thanks for the nice words.

rainforest: back when I had about 300 plants, hundreds flowered and I tried to hybridize a few. Alas, something always went wrong, due to my lack of experience, and the seeds never sprouted. I now have only around 90 plants left, six of them in flower, and one pregnant - a bastard whose Mom is thorelii x densiflora" and the father unknown, thanks to the busy insects in my greenhouse and my lack of a security camera. I hope those seeds will be more successful, though.

cloudsitter: I live in Northern Taiwan, where the winters are cold (down to ~46 F) and the summers are hot (= tropical). Some plants can't take the extremes - see the rajah, which is now three years old....I expect it to die within the next year, just like the other four rajahs I experimented with. (Yes, this is the last one I try out)

Hi Hans~

I found the N.rajah some how could survive in my outdoor lowland condition.

It will produce very tiny pitchers but never stop to pitch.

I wish someday you can come to my place to see how those "poor guys" growing under my conditions.

Because I can't express myself clearly in English.

Cheers!

[twoton]

Hi flymoon

thanks for the invite :-) Where are you located? Mine also keeps producing tiny pitchers....but that's not natural, especially not for a species that's actually the 80-ton T-rex of the genus. I'm just waiting for a buyer who'll provide it with less punishing conditions...

[flymoon]

Jun 15, 2008 3:51:20 GMT -10 twoton said:

Hi flymoon

thanks for the invite :-) Where are you located? Mine also keeps producing tiny pitchers....but that's not natural, especially not for a species that's actually the 80-ton T-rex of the genus. I'm just waiting for a buyer who'll provide it with less punishing conditions...

Hi Hans

My place is in east Taipei.
Near the «Ø°ê holiday flower market.

I mainly keep the hybrids.

My place is also not good enough for them.
Just Keeping them alive....

However your N. talangensis x boschiana is fine here.

[twoton]

Ah yes, I forgot you're a fellow Taiwanese! I'll check out your collection as soon as I get around to it!