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« Reply #40 on Sept 6, 2007, 10:05am » 
Quote:well,Isaac what's wrong with your northiana?
Big one no problem, just not pitchering yet. Small ones are doing well, no complaints because I can see they are growing bigger already. Maybe in another few weeks I'll take a picture of the ****es.
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« Reply #41 on Sept 6, 2007, 10:41am » Anyone of you notice that the northiana puts out the pitcher only after several new leaves?
My N. campanulata does that too. I look at the leaf tip and I tell yourself "Oh no, the tip is dead"...then 2-3 leaves later, this tip starts to balloon and develop into a pitcher. 
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« Reply #42 on Sept 6, 2007, 10:51am » Gee, never noticed that Cindy. I`ll go & check later in the evening at home.
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« Reply #43 on Sept 6, 2007, 11:09am »
Quote:Anyone of you notice that the northiana puts out the pitcher only after several new leaves?
My N. campanulata does that too. I look at the leaf tip and I tell yourself "Oh no, the tip is dead"...then 2-3 leaves later, this tip starts to balloon and develop into a pitcher.
Seedlings being seedlings, they pitcher on every leaf. My big northiana does not pitcher at all, like you said only has the brown tip as though it's going to pitcher, but so far no action. I think got 10-15 leaves. I put this northiana in a bright corner of the balcony that does not get direct sun, is this why? What kind of lighting condition do you grow your northiana?
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« Reply #44 on Sept 6, 2007, 11:34am » i put mine in direct morn` sun from 8-11 a.m......they grow in open spaces in the wild & get lotsa direct sun. or at least that`s what i assume from the photos i`ve seen of wild northiana.
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« Reply #45 on Sept 6, 2007, 11:52am »
Quote:i put mine in direct morn` sun from 8-11 a.m......they grow in open spaces in the wild & get lotsa direct sun. or at least that`s what i assume from the photos i`ve seen of wild northiana.
Wokay, will find a good spot for my northiana with direct sun and swap place with my bical.
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« Reply #46 on Sept 6, 2007, 6:03pm » Gentle reminder : best not to do it all of a sudden ya Isaac.....it might go into shock if exposed to strong sunlite after its previous location. « Last Edit: Sept 6, 2007, 7:21pm by tarence »Link to Post - Back to Top 211.25.130.42 tarence
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« Reply #47 on Sept 7, 2007, 10:41am » Cindy, i couldn`t notice that my nortiana puts out pitchers after only a few new leaves....mebbe it`ll take longer to observe but currently, most of the leaves seem to have pitchers.
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« Reply #48 on Sept 7, 2007, 12:51pm » one of mine too have pitchers on every leaf . others have pitchers but not on every leaf. I guess that was their natural response.
Isaac, pitchers of northiana formed very slowly. like dead brown tip but it's developing.
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« Reply #49 on Sept 7, 2007, 1:04pm » So each northiana has their own characteristics.
I thought they are like campanulata, which also grow in limestone areas. The growing tip looks black all the time so I have learnt to ignore it. 
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« Reply #50 on Sept 7, 2007, 1:28pm » anybody snipped it off thinking it was dead
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« Reply #51 on Sept 7, 2007, 1:53pm » i think i may have.......oops. heheh. but they really did look dead to me...thin, light tendrils......next time i`ll leave them for a bit longer just to be sure .
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« Reply #52 on Sept 7, 2007, 1:54pm »
Quote:one of mine too have pitchers on every leaf . others have pitchers but not on every leaf. I guess that was their natural response.
Isaac, pitchers of northiana formed very slowly. like dead brown tip but it's developing.
Yeah, I will wait it to form the pitcher. I reckon if the pitcher forms it will be quite big because the plant is already an adult.
Meanwhile, I have the seedlings to keep me happy!
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« Reply #53 on Sept 7, 2007, 3:40pm »
Quote:i think i may have.......oops. heheh. but they really did look dead to me...thin, light tendrils......next time i`ll leave them for a bit longer just to be sure .
The first time before it pitcher for me i thought the forming will not succeed.It was brown all the way down the tendril and lie there for many weeks. It elongates very slowly forming a beautiful pitcher about 8" length,
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« Reply #54 on Sept 7, 2007, 4:11pm » 8"? 
How big is the plant, Robert?
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« Reply #55 on Sept 7, 2007, 6:01pm »
Quote:8"?
How big is the plant, Robert?
cindy,quite a normal size for northiana to attain. In the wild they are longer. That was my first plant and was about 20" tall. I will look for the file and repost
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« Reply #56 on Sept 8, 2007, 5:49pm » oops,I can't locate the CD. Nevertheless cultivating at home in pots the pitchers will be smaller and shorter. As what i found out. For comparison sake here are 2 pics. Both are taken in the wild.
a 12" height ,1500ml water bottle besides an upper pitcher.
Lower pitcher from the same plant, recorded size at 16" length.
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« Reply #57 on Sept 8, 2007, 5:53pm » My goodness, that's huge!
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« Reply #58 on Sept 8, 2007, 5:54pm » Hi TS, can plant in your home garden to get to these size 
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« Reply #59 on Sept 8, 2007, 11:19pm » Why not I try it , urh? Plant it on the ground in my garden. Hmm.....
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