Dry season neps...
 

Hi folks,
Beginning of the year is usually very dry in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Since I grew my neps outdoor, they are experiencing hot weather with lower humidity condition and have to just keep on going (of course I tried my best to help a little *biggrin2*)

Here's some pics to share...

N. ampullaria -1
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3382/amp1.jpg

N. ampullaria -2
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7243/amp2s.jpg

N. ampullaria -3
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/526/amp3j.jpg

N. ampullaria -4
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5466/amp4.jpg

N. mirabilis -1
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4285/mirabilis.jpg

N. mirabilis -2
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6...rabilisred.jpg

N. northiana
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2489/northiana.jpg

N. rafflesiana
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/262/raffg.jpg

N. thorelii x rafflesiana
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/3...reliixraff.jpg

N. thorelii x merrilliana - Getting bigger :laugh:
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7...rrilliana1.jpg

N. spectabilis x ventricosa
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9159/specxvent.jpg

N. veitchii
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9376/veitchii.jpg

N. viking x (viking x rafflesiana)
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6...ikingxraff.jpg

Hopefully wet weather will return soon... :smile: and thanks for viewing !!

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They are really nice!!!!!

There will be few more wanted plant added to my list...

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WAH....!! more poison....:laugh:

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Nice plant !! i like ur N. ampullaria colorful and full green N. rafflesiana..:1thumbup:

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all are beautiful but my fav would be the viking x (viking x raff)

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Wow.. Simply gorgeous.. I also like the viking x (viking x raff) the most.. If the moss in your pots can grow so well in such 'hot weather', your growing area must be soaking wet most of the time.. :p

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Thanks guys for your commets... :blush:

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I like all your plants!! especially your amps.

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OMG I don't know how to say this but NepNut your neps are SPECTACULAR!Where did you get the all green raff?The northiana is just...AMAZING!!!!!

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Wonderful pics Robert...how's your truncata x tm and other intermediates doing?

I would love to see your lowii x campa.Mine grows like weed.Very fast growing for a lowii hybrid.

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Thanks kit1212, Marvin and Ali.

Marvin, I got this from a friend. I think BE used to sell the same raff... maybe Fauzi still got it, why don't you ask him.

Ali,
Good to hear your N. lowii x campanulata is doing well, as for mine, I found it's rather sensitive to humidity, so now it's not looking best with deformed pitcher. It's still however growing well... would love to see yours though.

My other intermediates are doing ok but it's currently producing smaller pitcher due to the warmer, drier and lower humidity weather. That's the fact I have to accept when growing my neps outdoor... :smile:

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Yeah fauzi has one but not for sale....N.lowii x campan can do well in L/L conditions?

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Great plants!
Love the green rafflesiana.

Cheers,

François.

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Marvin,
N. lowii x campanulata can do OK in L/L tropical condition but don't imagine it to be as vigorous as N. rafflesiana or N. mirabilis. It's still consider as an intermediate and somewhat sensitive to fluctuation in humudity. As with most intermediates, you have to make sure to prepare a well drain media and control your watering.

Francois,
Thanks for your compliments. Waiting eagerly for your next pic updates.

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Well I think I can put it in the aquarium under the lights with the pings..Size?

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lowii x campanulata is expensiv!!!! I cannot afford yet... It suppose is small size plant

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OMG KC of course cannot buy lar!!!!!Rm200!!I just asking lar...

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Hey robert....Nice northiana...I had one and it died due to my mistakes...Dun ask me what happened..Anyway i feel like getting one again cos yours seem really nice...Though im scared of gettying only immature green pitchers ALL the time...I do have burnt soil etc etc I read they like very well drained soil but do you have other tips?

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Hi Kenneth,
Besides well drain media, you have also watch the watering frequency. Since N. northiana have tick leaves, it can handle dry media fairly well, unlike N. mirabilis. So you have to see how long it takes for the media to get dry in your place and water accordingly. Depending on the type of media you use, it's possible just to water every 2 - 3 days.

N. northiana also sensitive towards humidity, so keeping the humidity up will be helpful. As for immature green pitchers, there's no way around that unless you get an adult plant as most of the N. northiana available for sale is size S. N. northiana is a slow grower and it need a long time to acclimatise (sometimes up to 2-3 months) to your growing conditions. So to grow N. northiana, you'll need to have a lot of patience.... :smile:

Patience is the key to successfully grow neps. :biggrin:

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Yeah NeoNut 'bout the northiana mine recently produced a few pitcher(finally acclimatizing yay!)And the lid sticks to the pitcher and only has a hole???????Don't understand.About the dry medium....like truncata?Thanks:biggrin:I think I never ask so many questions in one thread before*biggrin2*

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good to ask around rather than weeping eyes and bleeding wallet in the later part......:biggrin:

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Yeah but the bleeding wallet part is out..:biggrin:

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yes correction, its your pocket money a.k.a monthly allowance....ha ha ha.....*biggrin2*

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Well I still have to wait about 2-3 moths before I can buy again.Nepenut can you show us your lowii x campan?

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Hi Marvin,
Here's the latest on my N. lowii x campanulata. It just been through about 1 month + of dry season with low humidity. It's not looking it's best now... :crying:

Trimmed off many dried leaves so not many leaves left but can see new pitcher forming now... :smile:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8594/lowxcampa1.jpg

The only remaining deformed pitcher :crying:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5071/lowxcampa2.jpg

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Just can't help but notice, what chunky media are you using? Looks like burnt earth but it is large. Also, you drill your pots?

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Hi CJ,
Yup, I'm using chunky burnt earth for this and yes, most of my neps pots were drilled. I believed most nep preferred well circulated media, I learned this (drilled pot)from fellow growers in Indonesia and Thailand.

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Yea i've been wanting to drill holes for my pots but don't have any equipment...Soo what do use and normally how much to buy it

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ken, heat the end of the screwdriver, place on the pot side where u want to make holes. push softly and while the plastic melt make a slight round turn to make a perfect round hole.

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That the pitcher formed just when you bought it?

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No, that's probably the 6th or 7th pitcher formed under my care, the previous one is much better looking (the dried pitcher sitting on the media now) before the dry season...

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8...ampanulata.jpg

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Hey robert...Thanks for replying but i got 1 more Q to ur answer...What do u heat the screw with??

Sorry robert for filling up your thread...I assure it'll be my last question haha ( i think :) )

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Kent, you need to use fire... ;) The best way is bring yours pot to kitchen.

Beside that, you can go to hardware shop to buy those manual drill head where manually use it to drill hole at wood. Of course, you can buy a electric drill set.

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Thanks casey and everyone for helping i tried with fire and was nice done :)

Besides that beautiful low x campu rob...Have no idea how you grow these beautiful plants so well

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Hi Kenneth,
Questions are good, if you don't ask, you will either never learn or take a long time to figure it out. However, sometimes it's better to figure it out yourself and try it so you can be inovative instead of just following what others are doing... you get what I mean? :smile:

I use drill to drill holes since I'm drilling many pots in one go plus I don't like to play with fire... *biggrin2*

My secret for growing neps??? Simple.... pot up the nep, water it, trim off dead leaves, admire it and I'll let mother nature do the rest... *biggrin2*

Take a good look at what kind of pot I'm using... ask yourself why I mainly use these pots?

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Is it that the expensive baba & nyoya plastic pots?:tongue:.... For me i will just use anything i can find as long as it can be a good vessel..

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What's with the nyonya plastic pot??That pitcher is...is...is... just INCREDIBLE!!!Any more of that??

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Yup, it's Baba and Nyoya pot... *biggrin2* 20xx series, look at the bottom of the pot and you'll know why I like to use this pot. (Disclaimer : I'm not affiliated with BABA in anyway *biggrin2*)

It's pricey but if you considering the value of the plant it's potted with, it's actually still very cheap... *biggrin2* Things will often looked very different from different perspective.

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Which one are you using. If I am not mistaken, there is one without hole at the bottom but lower side. There is another with loads I'd drainage at the bottom. Are you doing semi hydroponics?

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Hi CJ,
I always avocate good circulation for the nep media, so I prefer pot with many holes, as far as I know, only the BABA 201x series come with mesh type opening at the bottom of the pot. Even that, I still need to drill holes on the side of the pot.

Nope, I didn't do semi hydroponics. Did you mean water tray method?

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I see. The one you are using is with "loads of holes" or mesh type bottom.

Semi-hydroponics is very similar to water tray method, used mostly for orchids. Instead of tray, there is no bottom hole. The hole is at the lower side of the pot. Very porus media is used(to achieve airy-ness), there is one sold by the semi-hydroponics guy but not sold here. It is kinda like the leca balls sold here.

My paph niveum is doing very well using this method. My other paph are ok also. Haven't tried on other orchids or neps though.

Regards
cj

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Hmm... sound interesting. I think this should work for ephiphytic neps like N. veitchii....