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May 31, 2008 4:23:27 GMT -10
Post by marka on May 31, 2008 4:23:27 GMT -10
Hi everyone,
Guess it was time to get around to joining here, my names Mark and i grew my first Nepenthes sometime around the late 1970's, after not having any at all through most of the nineties i've since started collecting again and have round 80 or so species and a few hybrids.
Cheers
Mark
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May 31, 2008 11:38:05 GMT -10
Post by rainforest on May 31, 2008 11:38:05 GMT -10
Mostly species. That's amazing! Are these different species (80 or so)?
Welcome and let's see some of your plants. Most interested in seeing that old plant from the 70's.
M
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Jun 1, 2008 1:19:41 GMT -10
Post by marka on Jun 1, 2008 1:19:41 GMT -10
Hi,
the old plant from the 70's is no longer alive, I grew several from seed in the 70's, eventually all given away or died.
Not sure if the exact number is 80 at the moment, got a few new ones, and lost a few others...
Not sure how to post photos on here, do you have to host them eslewhere?
Mark
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Jun 1, 2008 7:43:45 GMT -10
Post by vraev on Jun 1, 2008 7:43:45 GMT -10
Welcome to the forum! Yup! wow! it would be amazing to see such an old collection. Those plants must be beasts.
Yes. You have to post pics somewhere and then get the link. OK... I will make a image posting tutorial in a few minutes and give you the link.
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Jun 1, 2008 8:09:55 GMT -10
Post by vraev on Jun 1, 2008 8:09:55 GMT -10
For posting images, you first need to host your images on the internet. You can do this if you already have internet webspace, but there are also a few FREE websites where you can host your images. A few of the popular ones are www.flickr.com , www.photobucket.com and www.imageshack.us Among these, flickr and imageshack FREE accounts have bandwidth limits, however, imageshack gives unlimited bandwidth ( not sure if that is exactly true....but, it's atleast a lot more than the others). On the other hand, imageshack and photobucket have a lot of ads on the page whereas flickr is clean, organised, less ads and a dedicated site to host your pictures in a clean well organised manner. Having used all 3, I use flickr as I have a pro account by free (from my rogers internet service), however my other choice is imageshack. I) So when you go to imageshack you can see this: By vraev at 2008-06-01 Now on the top right corner, there is a sign up. I SUGGEST you sign up so that all the images you upload will be under one place and then you can look back, refer to them later by just logging in to your images page. Once you log in, you will see a page like this: By vraevNotice that all your images are neatly organised in one page. If you don't sign in, you can still upload images, but they will be all over the server and impossible to find if you loose the link. II) Now, to upload images use the UPLOAD IMAGE on the right: By vraev at 2008-06-01 choose your image file, if its tooo big in dimensions, you can resize it. Then once you upload it will be seen here added at the top of the list: By vraev at 2008-06-01 III) click that little "!" icon to get this box with details By vraev at 2008-06-01 See the top box. Click once to totally highlight the code. CTRL + C to copy and paste it with CTRL + V in your message on this or any forum to post your image. that should do it. cheers, Varun PS: I don't use this site too much anymore. The plants pics of that ceph etc are very veyr very old. lol! almost an year ago now. My plants look much much better . lol! However, the beautiful nep pics are not mine....those are Leilani's (unclemesa's plants). A local forum member visitied Sam and brought back pics to show. I helped him to host it up and post it on the forum.
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Jun 1, 2008 23:43:44 GMT -10
Post by marka on Jun 1, 2008 23:43:44 GMT -10
Ok thanks for the info, sorry to disappoint though, my current collection is only a few years old. The original collection from the late 70's & 80's was abandoned due to other pressures, and I didn't keep any at all through most of the nineties. Just got back into it when i picked up an MT Truncata and Giant Raff in-vitro on a trip to a tropical greenhouse. The plants are much easier to get than in the 70's!!
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Jun 2, 2008 7:41:09 GMT -10
Post by vraev on Jun 2, 2008 7:41:09 GMT -10
sorry to hear that. SOme of those plants would have been just WILD to look at. but well.... your experience still counts and means that you should have no issue with quite a few plants. Hope your new collection progresses well.
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