Northwest US fall nep photos
 

I thought i would join in and post a few photos of my neps in their new winter home.
First off is an N. spectabilis x aristolochioides, such a great hybrid, vigorous and gorgeous to boot!
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02796.jpg
A freshly opened N. tentaculata gunung Murud pitcher
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02801.jpg
My N. glabrata finally recovered and has many growth points (not all visible in this photo)
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02799.jpg
I recently repotted my seedgrown N. macrophylla and it slowed down but has finally put out a new, healthy leaf..hopefully will get a pitcher from it!
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02803.jpg
N. truncata x xTrusmadiensis, this was from the batch of plants released in the beginning of this year, so far i seem to have the only one with a striped peristome...i want to see some others of this cross from this batch, so please post them!
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02807.jpg
N. ventricosa x angasanensis EP, i received this plant as a cutting from max at the end of last year i believe along with a predator cutting, and damn this thing is vigorous! once it rooted and activated its nodes, it just took right off!
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02810.jpg
N. veitchii Batu Lawi highland, hard to believe just a few months ago it was barely an inch or so in diameter...it is in a 4" pot
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02809.jpg
N. burbidgeae x edwardsiana, finally seems to be inflating a pitcher (off to the left sitting in a pot) and is growing steadily, however rather slowly.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02806.jpg
A small group of my first group of seedgrown plants, germinated back in August of 08, these are N. splendiana x [(veitchii x maxima) x veitchii] which i received from Barracuda 45 who in turn received them from Tropics
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02802.jpg
I received this ephippiata last year some time, and it didnt do too well at first...now its just taking off and growing happily, along with 2 more growth points...and sharing its home with a little baby spider.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02804.jpg
N. jamban pitcher which colored up a bit more than i thought it would
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02797.jpg
N. spathulata x thorelii, i received this plant from Daniel (Nepenthes)
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...0-11-09007.jpg
And a humble N. sanguinea 'orange' from Andy, this was my first nep i ever got...and i doubt i will ever part with it for that reason...it started this damn addiction to neps.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...0-11-09008.jpg

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very well grown for all the pots. Some neps are they grown in pure live sphagnum -glabrata and jamban for example, or they are toppings?

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Nope, they are not grown in pure LFS, it is just a top dressing.
the media i use for most of my neps consists of equal parts of the following -
Orchid bark, osmunda fiber, lfs, sand, peat, and perlite.

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i asked cos since they are live will retain water and wet but loose, and using them as pure media will H/L neps be happy. You ever tried?

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Way to go! :D I can't help chuckling to myself everytime I hear the name 'jamban' (means toilet in Malay)..

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i have a couple of neps in pure LFS robert, but it does not drain freely enough in my opinion to make them happy in the long run, it also quickly degrades and compacts around the roots, suffocating them.

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I just love the red on your N. ventricosa x angasanensis. Even the leaves are bright red. Really an eye catcher. With such bequtiful plants, you should have submitted an entry for the CP competition.

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David, i am planning on entering that vent x angasanensis at some time in plant of the month, that little jamban got me pitcher of the month back in september...

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I think there is some misunderstanding as we do not have "Pitcher of the Month" competition here. We use to have it a long time ago, perhaps once or twice. It was organised by Jonathan. I'm talking about the PetPitcher CP Competition where you can win prizes from our sponsors. Hope to see your entry in the next competition ya. :1thumbup:

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Oh sorry, there was a misunderstanding i was referring to pitcher of the month over on pitcherplants.proboards :) sorry about that

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Nice H/L nep collection you got there... it'll always in my dream to grow H/L neps... I love the pitcher to leaf ratio you got with your N. truncata x xTrusmadiensis, it definately prefer a more intermediate ~ H/L growing condition. I got one growing in L/L tropical weather, will post some pics to show you the variation later.

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Very beautifully grown neps.Thanx for sharing!

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Simply beautiful,

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Thanks for the comments :)
Here are a couple of more photos for you guys...
N. muluensis x lowii
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02850.jpg
little N. copelandii Mt Apo pitcher from a cutting.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02851.jpg
A better photo of the N. jamban pitcher and little N. villosa growing in the pot its resting on.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02846.jpg
and an N. lowii that was one of my first neps which is getting some size. once it opens the pitchers its inflating, ill update on here with em.
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...2/DSC02822.jpg

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HLHLHLHLHL...Would be cool to grow.You've got a Hamata?

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Wow! Those are some amazing plants! I really like your glabrata and ventricosa x angasanensis.

By the way, how did you manage to get a seedgrown Macrophylla? I didn't even know that somebody besides a TC company even had N. macropylla seeds, it being such an uncommon nep and all.

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Hiya Marigoldsfail21-

Actually, there have been a couple of seedgrown N. mac and N. hamata offered on Ebay.

I'm not sure when you will view this, but there are two of those offered right now.

Good Growing,
E

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Oh yeah, I forgot about that. They've been going for quite a bit tho. It has to be insanely difficult to obtain the seed.

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Yup, its all about supply and demand.

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Lol marvin, that is one of my hamata in the background, yes. ive got 5...
clones 1,3,and 4 from wistuba, an unknown clone, and a BE seedgrown hamata.
The macrophylla is supposedly from a BE release a few years back....

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SK,
Sorry for the delay...:blush: Here's my N. truncata x xtrusmadiensis that I grew since Feb 09 for comparison. Hope you won't mind me barging in with my pic. Thanks. :smile:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9752/truncataxtm.jpg