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Post by hegemon on Jun 6, 2011 10:55:19 GMT -10
Just found this forum, and am going to dig in. Here's a shot of a newcomer to my garden... I think this is Sanguina... (I think!) Looking forward to finding out more and more about these strange plants... `hege Attachments:
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Post by dvg on Jun 6, 2011 11:11:47 GMT -10
Hello Hegemon and welcome to the forum.
I can tell you that your plant is not a N. sanguinea, but it definitely looks like it has some N. maxima influence going on there.
You'll find that this forum is a great resource with a lot of useful information to be found here.
dvg
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Post by walterg on Jun 6, 2011 11:40:04 GMT -10
Welcome, Hegemon. Your plant might be a "Miranda", especially if you got it at a garden center or a Home Depot sort of place. It's a vigorous hybrid that is pretty common in the retail trade.
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Post by hegemon on Jun 6, 2011 12:09:24 GMT -10
Thanks guys...
Miranda or otherwise... a cool looking plant. this is my first try at a carnivore so we shall see how it goes.....
Right now the plant is getting about 6 hours of 50% sunlight (through a shadecloth) and then direct afternoon sun for the last couple hours of the day. It is living next to my pond so is not living in a complete arid environment.
That plant was in full shade when I bought it, indirect lighting only, and so I have slowly moved it into its current position over the last month. A little bit of a brownish tinge to the existing leaves but the new growth looks very strong and bright green.
I am hoping this is a fairly normal response. I am still a little confused about the water requirements, I have read that some like a little water to stand in, others say no standing water, mist or not mist, keep the medium moist, wet, or otherwise. I am using distilled water and keeping the moss moist, watering about every other day.
Hopefully I am not doing anything grossly insulting to the plant so far... <grin>
'hege
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Post by peterhewitt on Jun 9, 2011 2:36:16 GMT -10
Hey hegemon, It seems that some of the more experienced growers can grow Nepenthes on the tray system, but in the beggining I would recommend against it. Watering every second day, or even every day in very warm weather is best. I never mist plants as I dont find that this temporary "Humidity" is benefiscial. Most plants, and espescially N.Miranda can cope with just about any humidity situation, except absolutely dry.
Just a note though, N.Miranda has N.Northiana as one of its Distant parents, so dislikes very cold weather, it might be better to bring it in, in winter.
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Post by mapaxe on Jun 13, 2011 3:11:24 GMT -10
Welcome! I say, I agree with hegemon, misting is just a lost of time and effort. I water my bigger plants using the tray method but wait until all water is used up´and a day or two later I water again, but have them in somewhat big pots, except for one that gets halfaway up the pot, the water. But that that or two waiting makes it better so the plant doesn't "drown"
mapaxe
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