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Post by jambanguy on Mar 21, 2010 17:55:13 GMT -10
Hello from portland, I am a beginnin nepenthes grower! I really enjoyed it so far. Does anyone have any information regarding the upkeep of n. Jamban I just got one and its doing fine so far but its real small and I havnt found much info. on its husbandry anything would help thanx
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Post by dvg on Mar 21, 2010 18:13:16 GMT -10
Hi Jambanguy!
Welcome to the forum.
N. jamban is a highlander and is fairly easy to grow. You could probably get away with intermediate conditions with it.
I grow mine in a well draining half organic/half mineral mix, indoors under lights.
When this plant is happy it will vine quite quickly and become a bit of a weed.
But weedy or not, it still has gorgeous pitchers.
Good luck with it.
dvg
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Post by jambanguy on Mar 22, 2010 16:29:25 GMT -10
Thax for the advice! But I was curious how much light you are running with it. I currently a using florescent lights with four bulbs at 54 watts each the plant is about nine inches away from the bulbs is this to much the plant seems happy but dosnt want to pitcher up very quickly. Appreciate your consideration
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Post by dvg on Mar 22, 2010 18:04:15 GMT -10
Hi Jambanguy.
I also use the 54 watt T5 bulbs, but I only have two bulbs per fixture.
My fixtures are about sixteen inches above the plant pots and about a foot or more above the plants.
I won't say that you are using too much light, because indoor lighting is a poor comparison to the light intensity emitted by the sun.
You will have to judge by how your plants are doing; if they are happy, your lighting is probably okay.
You might want to ensure that the humidity level aound the plant is a little higher to help encourage pitchering though.
For that I use a topdressing of lfs (long fibered sphagnum).
A half inch or so of this topdressing, kept moist to damp, will help with humidity and pitchering, for the indoor grower.
Doug
dvg
*Edit: This thread has probably veered away from the member introduction function it was intended for. But since we are both new here, I think we can let this slide.
If you have any further cultivation questions, feel free to start a new thread in the Neps Around The House or even the Rainforest section. Both of those growers have quite a bit more experience than I do, and could really give you some good growing tips.
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