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A Tour to Lishams' Balcony
« Thread Started on 24 Aug, 2007, 18:48 »Ok... Now I give you... The pix of my balcony... Enjoy...

The Death Rack
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Tarances' Grangchildren
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The Bellydancer N. Bellii
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N. veitchii
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N. gracillis
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N. maxima Borone + N. hookeriana
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Brunsfelsia (Lady of the Night aka Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)
New Bloom
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Old Bloom
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Neps Hanging Garden (Right Side)
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Neps Hanging Garden (Left Side)
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My Big N. x ventrata
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My other N. x ventrata Vines (Had to chop em up as they are getting too heavy for my ceilling hooks)
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N. mirabillis (Kampung Padang Wahid) and N. x miranda cuttings are doing good...
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« Reply #1 on 24 Aug, 2007, 20:39 »Nice setup So many neps haha. It's suprising how many plants you can fit in such a small space~ Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #2 on 24 Aug, 2007, 20:44 »Thank Zakh...

yeap... It's surprising... I got rid of my nice nice hotel secondhand tea garden table... Next project is to tropical-forest-ize the second balcony at the back... Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedartificialive
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« Reply #3 on 24 Aug, 2007, 22:09 »Hi Lisham,
Seeing ur mini rainforest, i just imagine how wonderful it is relaxing on a lazy chair, sipping a cup of coffee under the blanket when it rains heavily.. having plants around u just nurtures the relaxing feeling and makes ur mind wide open, forgetting the hectic schedule of work in our daily life.. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged[Naj Grow List] --- [Naj Wanted List]lisham
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« Reply #4 on 24 Aug, 2007, 23:19 »hehehe... Thanks artificialive...

FYI... No more lazy chair... gave them away to make room for more plants... only me lazy when it rains... Drinking coffee half-sleeping, half sitting... I never close the sliding door leading to my balcony except when there's a storm, like now... I sleep with the balcony door open... Cant afford to sleep in my room as it is dark dark even during the day... affraid I might not wake up in time for work... Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedtarence
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« Reply #5 on 27 Aug, 2007, 8:45 »Nice Lisham...actually, your balcony is quite a decent size....lucky/ good for you.

i`m thinking of re-doing my neps collection by hanging the pots on clothes rails and using black netting...currently not getting the required amount of sunlite i.e. whole day filtered....mmmm...but my garden will then look like a nursery ! heheh.... Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedDavid
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« Reply #6 on 27 Aug, 2007, 9:31 »Nice Lisham! Quite a lot of plants you have there. You're so lucky to have a balcony. My apartment does not have a balcony, so all my neps have to be indoors beside the window. Not so good lor. Always problem with insufficient sunlight when it rains or the sun is blocked by haze caused by our neighbouring country.

Cool, you can even have flowering plants. That means your balcony is getting enough sun.

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« Reply #7 on 27 Aug, 2007, 10:03 »yeah rite David......it`s a genetic thing.......heheh....

it`s a cycle of sorts rite for CPs ? one of us gets an unusual CP...we either trade, sell or give it away...then it spreads & everyone who wants one, has one.

then we look for more rare types.....just lovely. if only budget wasn`t a problem..... Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #8 on 27 Aug, 2007, 13:14 »Huh!? Genetics?

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« Reply #9 on 30 Aug, 2007, 16:39 »Update:

N. benstoneii seeds from Lim sprouted. I counted 4 tiny plantlets with 2 leaves.

The planlet grow root first then only the leaves came out from the thread like seed. Anybody noticed this before?

How long/tall should I let them grow before repotting them up? Any advice? Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedhongrui
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« Reply #10 on 30 Aug, 2007, 19:58 »cool! germination already! nothing's happening with my N. benstoneii seeds yet.

lisham, how many days did it take for the seeds to germinate? Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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« Reply #11 on 30 Aug, 2007, 23:16 »Ok... luckily I scribbled the date and the content on the containers. I sowed the seeds on 08 august 2007. And today 30 august I got 4 mini taugehs in one of the 2 containers. Checked already. It's the nep seeds sprouting. No use typing long-long already... here's a pix

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« Reply #12 on 31 Aug, 2007, 0:33 »Good!! Mine germinated too! Ha ha. Why not open a new thread to discuss about it. Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedLimlisham
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« Reply #13 on 1 Sept, 2007, 10:42 »Ok... Update: It's a case of win some (plants sprouting) and lose some (plant dying )

Winning case... D. spatulata cutting in water showing signs of sprouting... Finally....

Losing case... D. indica after 2 flowersectomy and still showing signs of trying to put out flower is drying rapidly.... Sad.... Sad sad.... Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedstefan
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« Reply #14 on 4 Sept, 2007, 0:07 » You've got a lovely collection there Lovely big nepenthes, I hope my one will look like that someday Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #15 on 4 Sept, 2007, 0:59 »stefan.... my big neps are growing from neglect.... i just water them once every 3 days, I always water them at night... Last time I used to water them daily, they got so used to it, that if i forget to water them and skip a day, they'll look bad... now they're trained to last long between watering.... My potting mix is 1 part fine coco husk+1 part river sand + 1 part charcoal Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedstefan
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« Reply #16 on 4 Sept, 2007, 19:14 »Yeah, I thought it looked rather boggy But there are no river around here theres a park with a "stream" (Sewer more like, shopping trolleys dominate the landscape). So I would probably have to locate a decent river, oh and so coco husks, oh and probably some charcoal Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #17 on 4 Sept, 2007, 23:00 »Just shot this one just now.... New arrangement.... What do you think?

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1. N. albo red (4ze)
2. N. albo kuching spotted (mt)
3. N. raff johore spotted (mt)
4. N. truncata stripped peristome (mt)
5. N. truncata red peristome (4ze)
6. N. bellii orange pitcher/green peristome (mt)
7. N. x ventrata (various)
8. N. veitchii (mt)
9. N. x hookeriana (mt)
10. N. maxima borone (mt)
11. N. gracillis purple speckled (Lim)
12. N. x miranda (various)
13. N. x ventrata (various)
14. N. mirabilis Padang Serai (wild cutting)
15. N. ampullaria red speckled (mt)
16. N. bicalcarata Sri Aman (mt)
17. N. ampullaria green (mt)
18. N. bicalcarata Marudi (4ze)
19. N. adnata (4ze)
20. N. mirabilis Kampung Padang Wahid (wild cutting)
21. N. mirabilis (Lee Nursery Langkawi)
22. N. hirsuta purple speckled (mt)

p/s: this hanging garden is inspired by Davids' photo of his hanging pots... « Last Edit: 5 Sept, 2007, 9:01 by lisham »Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedfunkychips
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« Reply #18 on 10 Sept, 2007, 20:44 »nice!! wish I had a balcony garden, instead of all my plants cramped up with stale stuffy dry air all around in my garden plot, or what's left of it Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #19 on 10 Sept, 2007, 22:20 »
Quote: nice!! wish I had a balcony garden, instead of all my plants cramped up with stale stuffy dry air all around in my garden plot, or what's left of it

Thanks Man... But frankly speaking... I'd prefer a landed house than an apartment... limited sunlight, cannot water too often.... sweeping the debris from the floor.... aiya...