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Post by rainforest on Jan 19, 2009 8:07:48 GMT -10
I have found some nepenthes growing well in the company of other plants. Ferns tend to pop up everywhere and I believe they help cultivate the soil and break up clods and allow their fibrous roots to penetrate. But if left unchecked, they can overpower a nepenthes.
Anyone else has any experiences to share with companion plants either purposely grown or by accident?
M
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Post by twoton on Jan 20, 2009 2:51:04 GMT -10
Yes. I don't weed my (open) shade house more than every two months or so, which has led to a fantastic jungly biomass that easily rivals that of the neps. I find the neps thrive in this kind of environment. What doesn't kill you....
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Post by rainforest on Jan 20, 2009 6:41:32 GMT -10
TT, Give us an update tour de nepenthes sometime!
M
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Post by Dave Evans on Jan 20, 2009 15:15:52 GMT -10
I have started a couple of tropical Lycopodium in a couple of Nepenthes pots. I'll have to wait a while yet to see what sort of relationship they develop. I think really small species would be able to use the Lyco along with a minimal trellis for support.
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Post by rainforest on Jan 20, 2009 16:26:57 GMT -10
I have seen lycopodium growing in habitat shots where nepenthes are found growing along with ferns and lycopodium. Not sure how invasive their root systems are but I suppose they can intermingle with these foreign roots with ample water and light.
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Post by witzelsucht on Jan 20, 2009 17:09:55 GMT -10
On a slightly different slant to this thread, I have been growing several Rhododendrons (Vireyas) in hopes that they will get large enough for the neps to climb on. Haven't tried any in the same pots yet but they grow in a similar soil mix.
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Post by obregon562 on Jan 20, 2009 17:16:57 GMT -10
i started hydnophytum sp. seeds in the same pots as my nep seeds, and the resulting seedlings are growing up together. Ive already (~8 months from germination) noticed the closest seedlings to the hydnophytums are larger, and the pitcher show more color. But it could just be a fluke. Time will tell.
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Post by rainforest on Jan 21, 2009 12:55:30 GMT -10
I've sold nepenthes as a cohabitant plant for a couple of guys growing vireyas on Oahu and they say they grow very well together. But I have a feeling that they love neps so much that many of their vireyas are now being removed for more space for neps.
Oops! Careful what you start and mix together.
M
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Post by twoton on Jan 26, 2009 3:48:57 GMT -10
TT, Give us an update tour de nepenthes sometime! M Will do, thanks, Mike. At the moment I have about 80 or so left, the ones I couldn't sell because they're either too common or too huge :-) I guess some of those big vines will stay with me until I bail for Borneo....then I'll give them away. At the moment I can't take any pics of the greenhouse, as it's chilly, rainy and generally unpleasant over here. To amuse myself until Spring begins, I've resorted to field herping ...there's always frogs and snakes around when the neps are stagnant :-)
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Post by rainforest on Jan 26, 2009 9:42:08 GMT -10
So TT, enlighten us with your move to Borneo. What area will you be staying and please share wildlife expedition shots with our forum of new discoveries I'm sure you'll be making.
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Post by twoton on Jan 29, 2009 19:49:36 GMT -10
We'll be relocating to Kuching in 3 years. I would have gone earlier, but the minimum age for entering the Malaysia My Second Home program in Sarawak is 50, so I'll have to wait a bit more. But hopefully we'll visit Sarawak before that - if airplane ticket prices come back down from outer space.....
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Post by rainforest on Jan 31, 2009 13:21:14 GMT -10
WHY? So you can't run away with the "goods?" That is odd.
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