neps grown @1200m asl

[wijaya]

Over the weekend I visited one of senior neps hobbyist in Indonesia who grown his collection at 1200 m asl, most of the neps showing the true potential and even the lowland raff grow nicely here. I have asked the permission from the owner to post the picture I took from his garden.

enjoy,

maxima

eymae

maxima


boschiana


burkeii


adrianii



some hybrids:




























the lowlanders:








Ed

[rainforest]

beautiful well grown plants. did the climate feel cooler in the day period?

M

[obregon562]

those raffs! those TM/lowii hybrids! the adrianii! oh my!

[wijaya]

Yes Michael, it feels cooler even during the daylight plus he installed a misting system for the plants. When I was there the daytime temp is around 25-26 degree Celcius and the night time can drop to around 18 degree Celcius and it rains a lot in that area.

Ed

[wanakorn]

thx , Ed

for your share nice pic and great collection

[rainforest]

What amazes me the most are the rafflesiana that can grow this much colder and look huge too! Many raffs shy from cooler climates. Perhaps his varieties are from higher elevation plants which can be very instrumental in creating raff seedlings that can grow and prefer cooler climates. A big plus for cooler growers who want to have the lowland species grow and adapt for them.
If this grower ever makes seeds of his raffs it would be a valuable edition to cool growers who want more than just the simple warm growing tc raffs everyone sells abroad.
Something this grower might want to consider when making seeds of even a pure rafflesiana.

M

[nepromantic]

Thanks for sharing pics and climate info, very nice plants. I'm with you on the higher alt sourced rafflesiana rainforest. It is difficult to provide true stable lowland conditions for us in the more temperate climates but we all love many of the lowlanders too.

[wijaya]

wanakorn & nepromantic: always a pleasure sharing nice grown neps. ;D

Michael: Actually I think that those raff are the same raff as the lowland raff, the red pitcher is a bit different on the leaf, the bottom of the leafs are red in color, not showing in the picture, was told that this kind of variant can grow with lowlight given and as for cold tolerant I am not so sure.
He got like 6 - 7 individual mature neps, but so far all still male, I will suggest to him to do a species crossing for the raff.

Ed

[unclemasa]

Hi Ed ....

If you get a chance, would you see what you can find out about this N. rafflesiana ....

[kentosaurs]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Stunning neps!!!!!!!!!!...............Man those intermediates do thrive there....Even the raffs grow giant there.

Ken