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Post by wijaya on Sept 30, 2008 17:42:00 GMT -10
This N. veitchii "pink" (MT clone) has been with me for about 11 months, and just now starting to give me a decent pitcher: ;D Ed
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Post by Robiii on Sept 30, 2008 18:32:10 GMT -10
Very Nice, my Highland/Lowland cross from Tristan's is finally starting to go steady with growth and pitchers, EP's (f) is resuming growth still no pitchers and last lowland from seed is recovering from under watering hopefully the next leaf will pitcher.
Rob
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Post by jgriffin on Oct 1, 2008 10:40:42 GMT -10
Hi, Very nice! Do either of these produce that famous striped peristome?
Cheers,
Joe
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Post by Robiii on Oct 1, 2008 11:45:41 GMT -10
I've so far have only seen a few faint stripes of red on the H/L x L/L the other two it'll be a while until I'll know for sure. From what I have noticed since then is that the highland veitchii's tend to have better chances of having the striping.
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Post by rainforest on Oct 1, 2008 17:19:41 GMT -10
Give veitchii's good ventilated media which dries out fairly quick. They adopt an eppphytic nature early on and like medias that dry out over staying wet all the time. Place plants in a high position and allow winds to dry this out. Use a lot of coarse bark mixed with fine compsted bark or bark mulch. Add coral, charcoal, even cinders to the mix.
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Post by Robiii on Oct 2, 2008 10:20:59 GMT -10
I just added some of the local 'cinder clay' not sure what it's true name is but it's the soil composition that the stag ferns love to grow in the upper altitudes here. Some of it is course and some fine like a course sand. Will report on how it does. It is currently a top layer followed by a cedar mulch, perilite, cinder, coral chip, bark (mixed size), and a hint of peat. I've been finding that a good mixture of medias seems to make them (a wide range of nepenthes) happy.
Rob
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Post by unclemasa on Dec 6, 2008 19:18:21 GMT -10
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Post by Robiii on Dec 6, 2008 19:44:36 GMT -10
Stunning Sam...
is that the same program Jens uses?
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Post by Robiii on Dec 6, 2008 19:51:58 GMT -10
(Re-posted here since there were more veitchii here...) Here's my little veitchii (f) just after opening and a bit further... And my veitchii HLxLL I think It is veitchii (f) after seeing the whole plant, (Sam's) Mine has very similar coloring and the red veined leafs in bright bright light. ®3
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Post by lamwn on Dec 6, 2008 21:36:39 GMT -10
Hi Sam, that is just crazy! I dont see many pictures of the lowland veitchiis in the wild...but as far as I remember the largest one seemed to have leaves half the size of those! How did it get so over-weight?! Thanks Lam
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Post by unclemasa on Dec 6, 2008 22:11:18 GMT -10
Hi Lam ... This is one of a pair that I got at the same time. This is actually the smaller of the two. I don't do anything special with these plants. They do receive some fertilizer (seaweed based, 16-16-16) every couple of months or whenever I get around to it. The other one ....
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Post by sockhom on Dec 7, 2008 0:09:01 GMT -10
Sam, is your campanulata forming a stem?
(Incredible veitchii!)
François.
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Post by jgriffin on Dec 7, 2008 18:08:55 GMT -10
Stunning. I see the higher cinder-based mixes below. How does the seaweed affect the live sphagnum?
Cheers,
Joe
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Post by Dave Evans on Dec 8, 2008 6:51:39 GMT -10
Sam, is your campanulata forming a stem?François. Dear Sockhom, Yes, that is normal growth habit for N. campanulata. I believe the stem can reach a lenght of about 30 cm.
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Post by obregon562 on Dec 8, 2008 19:08:55 GMT -10
sam you frickin suck. it should be a crime to put someone in as much amazement as im in....
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