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Post by vraev on May 24, 2008 17:42:52 GMT -10
Sam....how often do you guys water your plants?? I mean for some of my new plants...I am using a ORCHID mix : fir bark, charcoal, sponge rock and very sparing amount of LFS. Now its bad considering other pots of my plants are in a majority of LFS media. That basically means I am having tons of trouble negotiating a watering schedule. What do you guys do? Obviously you guys must also have like multiple potting mixes based on the species/hybrid ?
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Post by vraev on May 23, 2008 8:56:38 GMT -10
Damn! what a spectacle. Holy God!! That words "raw power" come into my mind when I look at it. Wonderful!!! Just wonderful!! This is definitely a show stopper Sam! Just spectacular!!!
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Post by vraev on May 21, 2008 21:53:10 GMT -10
this is probably THE BEST commonly available nepenthes hybrid around. ;D great pics!
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Post by vraev on May 21, 2008 13:47:14 GMT -10
damn! that is just beautiful. that is just ........................aaaahhh.....fantastic.
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Post by vraev on May 20, 2008 20:47:51 GMT -10
multiple times I started writing the post the VERY first time I saw the image. My eyes immediately spotted the blurriness of the soil near Sam's index finger. It always popped out to me. Same with the blurriness seen along the wings of the pitcher + some of the pattern. Yet....I didn't wasn't totally sure as the peristome portion has a convincing shadow from the lid.
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Post by vraev on May 18, 2008 8:37:17 GMT -10
Wow! Longor, that is just fantastic. I am jealous how you take the opportunity to visit the exotic native locations of nepenthes, but glad that you take such comprehensive pictures with scale references to everyday stuff. THanks for that informative field report. I guess this is another plant to join the ranks of the current lowlanders eh???
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Post by vraev on May 18, 2008 8:31:38 GMT -10
holy crap! thats a very spectacular and unique form of tentaculata. very very nice Sam! is it one of the regular TC clones from BE or wistuba?
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Post by vraev on May 18, 2008 8:30:21 GMT -10
wow Sam! Your plants definitely show why nepenthes should be grown in full sun. fantastic!!!
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Post by vraev on May 18, 2008 8:29:29 GMT -10
very very nice! I think the ampullaria will be the most beautiful as it will form basal offshoots along the vine and it will look fantastic.
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Post by vraev on May 15, 2008 17:56:24 GMT -10
Fantastic Sam! Thanks sooo much for posting this. Finally a great video to give an idea of how taxing a real expedition to the mountains of our dreams would be.
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Post by vraev on May 15, 2008 8:33:22 GMT -10
wow! very interesting. Do you have a mature flowering rajah?? it must have been huge.
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Post by vraev on May 12, 2008 22:06:58 GMT -10
Hi. Let me just drop a note in one of these threads to say that I just love this section. I personally myself keep a record of my plants as they grow and its just fantastic to see the experience of other growers. please keep posting. I love this section and I trust many others do as well. thanks, Varun
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Post by vraev on May 12, 2008 22:03:02 GMT -10
sweet! I will do it tomorrow. Thanks man!
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Post by vraev on May 12, 2008 19:57:33 GMT -10
so just spray the plant all over its leaves?? is it fine if it falls on the media? Should I wash the media thoroughly later???
thanks man,
Varun
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Post by vraev on May 11, 2008 21:30:10 GMT -10
The Private life of plants | 1995 by Sir David AttenboroughIntroduction:This is a book that brings the private un-noticed life of plants into the spotlight. Media exposure to carnivorous plants and especially the nepenthes genus is often rare. A simple fact to support it is the existence of only a single major documentary series that shows snippets of this wonderful and varied genus. This book is an accompanying guide to that 1995 documentary series: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF PLANTS. Structure:THe book bears 6 chapters: Travelers, Feeding & growing, flowering, the social struggle, Living together & Surviving. This is a brief comprehensive look at the entire plant kingdom with attention to all the major groups of plants. The mention of carnivorous plants is present in two chapters: 2 & 6. In specific, nepenthes are mentioned only in chapter 2 with information focusing at just the principle of the genus: Catch prey through pitchers appropriately suited at various positions and in different manifestations. The chapters are structured in a way which makes the book interesting for a continuous read. It exposes the mobile nature of plants while displacing the notions of them being in-animate; Dvelves into growth habits, reproduction, the struggles they face to live together in as a community and the conditions that they need to withstand. Its a fantastic structure that makes the reader appreciate the true life of plants. Value:The book is a decently priced at 30$ for its contents of a few over 300 pages. The pictures are revealing and interesting. The book is interesting for a comprehensive look at the plant kingdom, but for a nepenthes only requirement, the information provided is intermediate at the most. Bear in mind its significant for a casual reader but maybe not sufficient to quench the needs of a nepenthes horticulturalist. COnclusion:
For information on nepenthes, this book provides just a couple of pages. Its not suited for a hardcore nepenthes enthusiaist, but rather better for a casual reader. Yet, the book itself is an amazing asset to understand plants at a different level: A level which is not often noticed as "Plants live in a different time scale" (quote from the documentary film). I consider it an enlightening book. But, please remember that if you have already seen the documentary series, there are only a few extras and additional detail in the book, but nothing too significant. I personally recommend this book for a plant lover as it is very interesting and in my opinion, a must to understand the LIFE OF PLANTS. Total value: 8/10 Value for a reader focusing on nepenthes only: 4/10
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