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Post by suska on Dec 17, 2008 17:17:06 GMT -10
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Post by unclemasa on Dec 17, 2008 18:54:42 GMT -10
What a nice collection of N. gracillis!
N. gracillis is totally unappreciated. They can be very elegant.
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Post by obregon562 on Dec 18, 2008 14:04:02 GMT -10
very nice gracilis'! red and speckeld are my fav's.
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Post by jgriffin on Dec 18, 2008 14:42:44 GMT -10
I had first crack at a comment yesterday, Sam, and I was going to say the same thing, LOL! I was sick recently and could not water my plants and lost one plant, my lone gracilis(dusky). Probably because of the smaller pot it was in. Sigh, oh well. Great collection, Suska! Cheers, Joe What a nice collection of N. gracillis! N. gracillis is totally unappreciated. They can be very elegant.
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Post by Robiii on Dec 18, 2008 21:05:26 GMT -10
I had first crack at a comment yesterday, Sam, and I was going to say the same thing, LOL! I was sick recently and could not water my plants and lost one plant, my lone gracilis(dusky). Probably because of the smaller pot it was in. Sigh, oh well. Great collection, Suska! Cheers, Joe What a nice collection of N. gracillis! N. gracillis is totally unappreciated. They can be very elegant. As said twice already, very unappreciated. my seeds sprouted a few days ago hope to breed with your plants one day down the road.
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Post by rainforest on Dec 20, 2008 12:42:27 GMT -10
N. gracilis, while diminutive is an interesting species. Other than ampullaria, I don't think there are any other species producing ground pitchers. When they are as attractive as your clones, one can truly love this species even more.
M
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Post by sockhom on Dec 21, 2008 0:44:41 GMT -10
Fantastic pictures Suska.
You guys are right, N. gracilis is an underrated species. I only grow the "black/marron" BE clone and now I wish I can get my hands on redder ones!
François.
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Post by Marcello Catalano on Dec 21, 2008 4:16:44 GMT -10
I thought I would be the first, but I see I'll be the fourth Indeed totally unappreciated. I was looking for N. gracilis in Thailand, where this species is incredibly rare (most people think the contrary). Used to the small, lonely plants in cultivation and at the Bangkok market, I was very surprised when I found a nice colony near Narathiwat. One of the most elegant species I've seen in the wild! Even if my experience of plants in the wild is limited to Thailand Suska, you have a great variety there, finally, instead of the usual "just one plant" we see in collections to represent the species. Just one thing: some of those plants seem to be a bit forced in those small pots, probably they keep shooting from the base of the plant and you keep cutting the longer stems (which is good) without realizing that they are probably all completely rootbound even if they look small! Why don't you move them to 20 cm pots, where they can form a nice carpet of ground pitchers? Just keep cutting them back to the ground...with all the "gracilis carpet" pots one next to the others you could win a show!
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Post by unclemasa on Dec 21, 2008 21:17:07 GMT -10
I've only have a couple of N. gracillis .... This was called "Singapore black" ...... but who knows?
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