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Post by rainforest on Feb 7, 2009 14:16:43 GMT -10
Its very odd that there needs to be two disciplines of photographers. The one who shoots pics of just the aspect of the pitchers (even not showing that this is from a plant, growing among other plants on a mountain face or tree limb) and those that actually capture the whole image. If our only knowledge of N. northiana were those fabulously colored pitchers, we'd feel that something like this species occupies a deep shaded rainforest. But a photo of the plant hanging on a cliff face gives more appreciation that one must do to get a shot of the pitchers!
Until many of Longor's photos I didn't realize how anything grew in the wild. So much confusion as to how a particular species grows clearly initiates the imagination on some species. Seeing N. aristolochioides with pitchers originating from a thick stemmed vine gives new meaning to a "diminutive" species. The whole picture is worth a thousand pitchers!
M
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Post by wijaya on Mar 16, 2009 4:16:25 GMT -10
My N. truncata 'Pasian': And update of the truncata posted previously: the newest leaf (with pitcher still inflating): Ed
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Post by unclemasa on Mar 16, 2009 22:08:50 GMT -10
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Post by sdcarnivores on Mar 16, 2009 22:43:28 GMT -10
Yes, I've heard that truncatas mainly grow in the trees, kind of like staghorn ferns.
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Post by wijaya on Mar 17, 2009 2:59:38 GMT -10
@sam: thanks for the link, never knew this one.
And btw, anybody ever try growing truncata on the tree? I meant at least simulate the epiphyte nature of this particular species. I do know that we are supposed to grow truncata in the basket like pot with lots of holes. ;D
Ed
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Post by rainforest on Mar 17, 2009 10:06:32 GMT -10
I recall the articles by Volker, but the way that N. truncata would grow in a tree would have them having very tenacious roots and truncatas in general do not have these kinds of roots.
Mine grows best in a more confined root space. I've had monsters growing from a six inch hanging basket. But I've also gown N. bicals in tight 8 inch hanging baskets growing well too!
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Post by Robiii on Mar 18, 2009 20:48:25 GMT -10
As for the tenacious roots may it be that they need to be grown in that nature from the true seedling (as in tiny) to achieve this, after looking at some bonsai seedlings I've been growing and noticed that if you bonsai an older plant you'll be waiting forever for the same root structure to form over the fresh from seed which seems to already understand what it has to grow with/in, just a thought.
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