A couple of species

[vraev]

Hey guys,

I never posted pics of my plants on this board. So I thought I might as well show some off. Also I never had plants in the quality to show off among the elites here. Finally I think I how something show worthy.

N.bicalcarata: the pitcher on the left in the background is a little over an year old. The one in focus is the latest one. This newest one is around the size of a coffee cup...if I may say so. The plant has a diameter of a little over a foot now.



N.hamata: A plant from a good friend of mine. No pitchers for the first 3 leaves. Finally it struck and it was worth the wait.



N.talangensis: First proper pitcher. Suffured due to multiple repottings, lack of light for AN YEAR. I got it in october last year. Had a pitcher just as I repotted and this is the first true good, well formed, well colored pitcher. Its a beautiful species.



N.campanulata: Another plant from my good friend. It started making pitchers from leaf number 2 in my care. This is the pitcher on leaf 3.



N.glabrata: The fourth and the most mature looking lower pitcher on my N.glabrata. very creamy looking pitchers on this plant. Almost reminds me of white chocolate.



N.aristolochioides: A beautiful plant from sumatra. This pitcher was buried deep under the moss. To my surprise...even in darkness, it has made such a dark pitcher. I guess it shows me that the intensity of light reaching the leaf is more important to pitcher color than I had previously assumed.



Hope you guys like it.

cheers,

Varun

[jimmy]

Excellent plants, awesome pics, and beautiful presentation! I especially like that N. talangensis.

Nice growing, Varun!

[vraev]

Thanks for the comments Jimmy. yup! I am proud of them and thankful to them doing well for me.

[victoria]

Very nice! That hamata was definitely worth the wait, beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[vraev]

Thanks victoria.

[vraev]

opps. Forgot adding the picture of my glabrata. Now added to the first post.

[obregon562]

Great plants man! awsome pics! good job!

[unclemasa]

Looking good Vraev!

[vraev]

Thank you very much guys.

[rainforest]

I see an artillery plant weed (Pilea sp.) with the N. hamata, get rid of it or you'll never be able to.
Otherwise a nice start. Looks like they are kept very wet. Drying them out a bit will make the plant become more hard and show better features.

M

[vraev]

Thanks for the comments Michael. The plants are grown pretty HARD. The average humidity during daytime is 50 - 60%. THe moss is almost white and dry by the time I come home and then I spray them thoroughly to bump back the humidity up. The plants are getting along. The leaves are tough and waxy and the plants look pretty strong. I already replaced the media of ALL my plants (except bical) from 100% LFS to 30% LFS, 40% bark and 30% better gro orchid mix which has sponge rock, charcoal and bark. The top dressing is the live sphagnum to maintain that humidity. It seems like my enclousure isn't able to preserve the humidity...the only reason its 60% is due to the moss loosing the moisture. Also the pictures were taken just after spraying the plants...especially that campanulata....so for the most part they are only damp.

Hmm.....artillery plant eh?? I was hoping it would be some sort of a fern that I could grow as a commensal. Reason being most of those plants open up the media which also helps the neps grow better. Right?? Obviously...if it could hurt the plant in any way, I would pull off the weed without any hesitation at all.

Thanks for the feedback.

Varun

[rainforest]

Show your set up

M

[vraev]

okay! I don't have a new picture...but this is from a couple of months ago.



It is the same exact setup.... just add a campanulata potted plant in the top shelf. Thats it. Ohh yeah...remove the ventrata and put in an alata. lol!

The light for the empty shelf is a warm white tube. It is to provide some warmth to the bical on the shelf above. Yes! hot air rises...thats why.

The lowlanders are growing on the topmost shelf and the highlanders on the bottom shelf.

[Robiii]

Very impressive plants and pictures alike! Keep it up.

I've got to check what weed Micheal was talking about, to see if it is or isn't something I'm familiar with.

Rob

[vraev]

Hi Rob,

I was too scared after Michael said that and I pulled it off. Felt really bad...but I don't want it to harm my baby hamata in any way. I already had an experience with weeds leeching away at the roots of my juniper outside. It was in such a bad state and then I pulled them all off....covered the surface of the soil with mulch and the juniper is looking just picture perfect. So yeah.....even if its different species, different soil, different conditions..still.....

thanks,

Varun