The Nepenthes parade!

[Sockhom]

Tada ;D !!


I've made a review of some of my terrarium troopers! Are they ready for duty ?


1/ An awakening Nepenthes spectabilis... Stand to attention, man!



2/ This is 'Carl Weather' Nepenthes izumiae:






3/ A pubescent Nepenthes ephippiata:


4/ The fragile Nepenthes tenuis:



5/ Nepenthes petiolata with its lipstick-like peristome:


6/ The mongrel Nepenthes veitchii x stenophylla:


7/ the elegant Nepenthes vogelii with its spotted robe:


8/ Castor and Pollux warriors: Nepenthes hamata:



9/ The alien Nepenthes aristolochioides:


The whole plant in its 13 cm square pot with small Nepenthes boschiana seedlings at its side:



10/ Nepenthes fusca 'Sarawak':



11/ An indian Nepenthes: Nepenthes khasiana



12/ Please behold Nepenthes ramispina



13/ A vining Nepenthes mikei:

[Sockhom]

14/ A crimson Nepenthes diatas:



15/ An ol' favourite: Nepenthes ventricosa:



16/ Nepenthes tentaculata, Kinabalu:



17/ Nepenthes boschiana grown from seed (from Stewart Mc Pherson). This is my largest seedling: 15 cm across, sown in late november





18 / Nepenthes mirabilis grown from seed (from Stewart too). It is more than 15 cm across and about 9 months old:



19/ Nepenthes platychila. This is a steady grower which has doubled in size in 4 months:





20/ 'Fat' Nepenthes sibuyanensis :




A developing pitcher with its 30-35 cm long tendril:




Sorry for the indigestion.... ;D!


Friendly,

François.

[jorick]

Very nice troopers

[artificialive]

Hi there. Nice highland collection in a terrarium there
u grow mirabilis with other highlanders too?

[wadave]

That's quite a nice collection there Francois. You must have a very large terrarium.

Any chance of posting thumbnails when you've got that many big photos? Even though I've got broadband it still took quite a bit of time to download.

Dave.

[Sockhom]

wadave said:

That's quite a nice collection there Francois. You must have a very large terrarium.

Any chance of posting thumbnails when you've got that many big photos? Even though I've got broadband it still took quite a bit of time to download.

Dave.

Sorry Dave .

I'll post thumbnails next time .

I have 6 terrariums currently: one for the lowlanders and 5 for highlanders and Heliamphora.


Friendly,

François.

[wadave]

That's ok Francois,

The photos were well worth the wait.

Any chance of showing us some photos of your terrariums with a little description of the setups.

I've got very little experience but I have plans to change all that when I'm financial again.

Currently I've got a maxima, ventricosa, and maxima x talangensis in the greenhouse which seem to be doing great. I've also added rajah and hamata to the collection, they are only new out of TC and are very small. I've also got a raflesiana, in my very small terrarium, which is growing great guns.

I really want to add villosa, macrophylla, edwardsiana and bical to the list but I think these guys will need some extra care as our summer nights will kill these. Some nights during a very bad hot spell will sit around 30 deg C. Even with my evap aricon in the house the temp will still be too high I think.

I was thinking I could fill an 2Lt orange juice bottle with water and freeze it during the day and then place this in the terrarium at nigh to really cool the air. The only problem is what happens if I go away for a week or two during summer?

Currently my neps have been set and forget but I'm sure this approach won't cut it with those on my wish list. Time to start learning before I take the plunge and start buying new plants.

Dave.

[wadave]

Oh, buy the way...

Thanks to your great photo display I now am forced to add a few more plants to the wish list.

Does it never end this obsession?

Dave.

[blueraine]

wow, you have amazing plants here

[kby]

[quote author=wadave board=nepenthes thread=1187254531 I really want to add villosa, macrophylla, edwardsiana and bical to the list but I think these guys will need some extra care as our summer nights will kill these. Some nights during a very bad hot spell will sit around 30 deg C. Even with my evap aricon in the house the temp will still be too high I think.

Dave.[/quote]

bical is lowland; shouldn't be a problem ?-kby