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« Thread Started on Jul 26, 2007, 8:05pm »
just for you, Isaac. Enjoy

N. veitchii (f.) [EP]


N. rafflesiana 'Johore spotted' [MT]


N. rafflesiana (g.) [EP]


N. 'Giant Tiger' [Neofarm]


N. xhookeriana [Neofarm]


N. rowanae (e.) [EP]


N. globosa [Neofarm]




N. rafflesiana 'Kuching squat red' [MT]


N. distillatoria 'Purple' [BE]


N. campanulata [BE]


very tiny N. bicalcarata 'Red flush' [BE]

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these pictures are old pictures.. some are taken this month and some as far back as jan. i'll post more pictures as i take them.

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« Reply #1 on Jul 27, 2007, 1:27pm »
Dear Hongrui,

Thanks for your wonderful pictures. I like your globosa and campanulata.

Hope my globosa from Thi(bugbeware) will grow just as nice. Does globosa grow fast for you?

Thanks.

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« Reply #2 on Jul 27, 2007, 1:59pm »
N. globosa is a easy grower and pitchers readily for me. just give it lots of light and water. but with the very wet weather recently and a lack of sunlight, most of my globosa got attacked by scales.

now i'm using a systemic insectide, and hopefully i can kill off the scales before they spread to other neps.
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« Reply #3 on Jul 27, 2007, 2:11pm »
Please share experience with us on growing neps. We always needs tips from time to time.

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« Reply #4 on Aug 3, 2007, 12:23pm »
new pictures for august! enjoy!

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N. bicalcarata 'Orange' [BE]


N. xCoccinea [Lam]


N. maxima x TM [EP]


close up on peristome


another N. maxima x TM [EP]


N. veitchii (f.) [EP] again - newly opened pitcher


N. thorelii x truncata (c.) [EP] i think i won the lucky draw. i've got a not so red red dragon, but it's squat and tubbyish. i like


N. 'Sabre' [EP] - 2 different clones


N. 'Sabre' [EP] - i think this is a dead giveaway as to what is the cross behind N. 'Sabre'


N. 'Sabre' [EP] older and darker pitcher on the left, newer and slightly bigger on the right


N. globosa x northiana [Apodagis]


N. globosa x rafflesiana var. alata [Apodagis]


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mods/admin, i plan to like update this picture thread maybe once a month, do let me know if this is okay or you'd prefer that i open a new thread for new pictures.

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« Reply #5 on Aug 3, 2007, 2:08pm »
Dear Hongrui,

Thanks for sharing your pictures. All your neps are so nice, there's not one that I do not like. Probably it's your skill of growing them to such healthy state.

Do you have any trade list?

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« Reply #6 on Aug 3, 2007, 2:17pm »
hongrui,

do you grow your globosa under direct sun or shaded? What is the secret of getting the pitchers to be so red? Some growers say this species is different. If the pitchers are shaded it'll turn red. But others say if under direct sun it'll turn red. Which is the fact and which is fiction? I also notice one picther is whitish.

Also what soil you use for your globosa?
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« Reply #7 on Aug 3, 2007, 2:57pm »
I'm also interested to know how you grow your globosa. I read that globosa will have different looking pitchers in one plant. It's kind of like the gene of globosa is not yet stable IMO.

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« Reply #8 on Aug 3, 2007, 3:42pm »
thanks for the kind words Issac. i believe it's more of the my growing conditions that suits the plants rather than me, the water boy. i do not have any trade list, but i'll post if i have extra cuttings/plants for trade/sale/giveaways.

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i grow N. globosa (actually about 2/3 of my neps) under very bright light. full sun for 1pm till 3pm, bright light for the rest of the day. some of the globosa plants simply produces more red pitchers, others doesn't. but if the pitchers are allowed to develop in deep shade, then it is likely that the pitchers will be more red, compared to pitchers that are developed in light. what i do is i usually tuck the developing pitchers below the pots and let them develop there.

one problem i'm facing is that when the globosa pitchers are new, they are nice and red, but after a month or so after fully opening the pitchers will get attacked by scale and/or mealy bugs. the problem worsen recently after the wet weather and a lack of sun. as i mentioned earlier, most of my globosa plants are attacked by scales/mealy bugs and i'm now using a systemic pesticide to fight them.

my potting mix for my all my neps are pretty similiar 1:1:1 of sphagnum peaterliteine bark. the cost of the pine bark is killing me and i'm looking for cheaper alternatives.
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« Reply #9 on Aug 4, 2007, 11:34am »
hongrui,
I would check to see what orchid growers in your area is using over bark. I really like the scrubby mulch products (Cedar, Cypress, other woods) bark-mulch. This is usually the outer covering of threes where wood and skin meet. This product is grated/shredded and used mainly as a mulch. It lasts longer than bark and have better water retaining qualities. I also mix in perlite, some peatmoss or an inexpensive compost filler. Use broken charcoal (made from wood, not reconstituted kinds with the flame starters) pieces to mix with the soil for added long term drainage and water quality.

I would suspect that you might be able to find a good quality subsititute for the expensive bark.

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« Reply #10 on Aug 5, 2007, 11:26am »
thanks michael, i've been around to some bigger nurseries (including orchid nurseries) but i've not been able to find any bark mulch in SG. what they're mostly selling is either fern bark slabs or pine bark.
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« Reply #11 on Aug 11, 2007, 6:52am »
Do they sell fern root/bark shredded cheaply/inexpensively? At one time in Hawai'i. they used to sell them cheaply. It is still my favorite media of choice and would use it if I could find a cheap source for it. The roots of neps just love it.

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« Reply #12 on Aug 29, 2007, 2:31pm »
some pictures before August ends

N. carunculata var robusta x truncata [EP]


N. maxima (h.) x mira [EP]


N. sibuyanensis x truncata-squat [EP] - just for the record, the insect was already in there when i looked at the pitcher today.



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« Reply #13 on Aug 29, 2007, 2:51pm »
Yeah hongrui, we believe you about the insect. *wink*

No, really.........*2ndwink*

Haha......don`t get mad yah ? joking only.....how long have you had the recent 3 neps ? they look very nice. you seem to have a knack of choosing really attractive hybrids....


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« Reply #14 on Aug 29, 2007, 3:07pm »
the insect.. heh heh

thanks tarence. i got the plants in mid june '07, these are the first pitchers that developed since arriving.
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« Reply #15 on Aug 29, 2007, 3:42pm »
Well, in 2 short months, they seem to have acclimatised themselves happily to your environment....good work.
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« Reply #16 on Aug 29, 2007, 4:14pm »
yes, in 3 months with this kind of result it's very good indeed.

*whew*...when I saw this thread active again I thought we'll have more poison from Hongrui!
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« Reply #17 on Aug 29, 2007, 11:24pm »
hehe i'm waiting for some pitchers to open but hopefully i'll have some time to take some pics this weekend. september's dose of poison coming soon!
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« Reply #18 on Aug 30, 2007, 8:37am »
Hongrui the coccinea look different from mine. Perhaps different form of the parent plants.
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« Reply #19 on Aug 30, 2007, 9:18am »
hongrui, is that an upper pitcher of xcoccenia you have posted? Looks like mine when it is grown under full sunlight but alittle more elongated than mine.

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« Reply #20 on Aug 30, 2007, 11:58am »
Robert: the xcoccenia, i believe originally came from EP, but i got the plant as a cutting from a local grower in sg.

David: the pitcher i believe is more intermediate than a true upper pitcher because of the wings present.
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« Reply #21 on Sept 2, 2007, 11:12am »
2 species and a hybrid

N. rafflesiana 'Clone 88' [BE]


N. rafflesiana 'Clone 99' [BE]


Assorted N. rafflesiana






Assorted N. truncata








N. rafflesiana var elongata x rowanae [EP] - looking like a raff


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« Reply #22 on Sept 3, 2007, 9:10am »
these are from your garden as well, hongrui ? gosh, is there any space left to walk ? heheh.

lovely !

i think i have the neps from pic 2, 3 & 4...is the nep in pic 5 same as the nep in pic 4 ?
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« Reply #23 on Sept 3, 2007, 9:43am »
hongrui,

Your truncatas are a beauty. Where did you get them from?... drollinggg.... drolllll.........
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« Reply #24 on Sept 3, 2007, 11:03pm »
hehe there's still some space to walk (space to be filled up with neps!). maybe i'll take a shot of my growing area this weekend.

tarence: the raffs in pic 4 and 5 are from different plants. the raff in pic 5 has pink wings and a whiter body than the raff in pic 4 which has a more pinkish body.

david: the truncata (1) is from MT, while 2, 3 and 4 are from EP.


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« Reply #25 on Sept 4, 2007, 9:06am »
Wokie noted hongrui.....
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« Reply #26 on Sept 20, 2007, 10:35am »
N. khasiana [BE]


N. gracilis 'Nigropurpurea' [BE]


N. gracilis [Jason]


N. gracilis 'Spotted/striped' [Jason]


N. x'Exotic Lady' [EP]


N. x'Gothica' [EP]

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« Reply #27 on Sept 20, 2007, 10:47am »
hongrui: you have some serious beautiful truncatas there my friend . waiting for more shots, do be quick or I might spoil the monitor scratching at it .
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« Reply #28 on Sept 20, 2007, 3:25pm »
hahaha yes sir. will do sir. right away sir.

i'm waiting for some hybrids to give me their first pitchers .. will update this thread once their new pitchers are ready.


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« Reply #29 on Sept 28, 2007, 11:25am »
a few more pics before sept ends:

N. bicalcarata [Amos] - i hope the red peristome trait will stay


N. bicalcarata 'Orange' [BE]


N. rafflesiana var. elongata x rowanae [EP] - a green with red peristome and no speckles variety


N. thorelii (d.) x xTM [EP] - my first thorelii x tm pitcher out of 3 plants



N. thorelii (d.) x truncata (c.) [EP]

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« Reply #30 on Sept 28, 2007, 7:39pm »
Hongrui,BE clone99 what is the length.
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« Reply #31 on Sept 28, 2007, 10:28pm »
Robert, do you mean the height of the pitcher or length of the tendril/leaf?
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« Reply #32 on Sept 28, 2007, 11:21pm »
pitcher height , Hongrui
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« Reply #33 on Sept 29, 2007, 3:23pm »
Robert, that raff clone 99 is about 3.5" tall.
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« Reply #34 on Sept 29, 2007, 6:09pm »
Thanks Hongrui, it's a young plant?
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« Reply #35 on Sept 30, 2007, 9:05pm »
yep its a young plant. i bought it as a L size from BE in june this year.
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« Reply #36 on Oct 15, 2007, 11:06pm »
some different color and forms of N. 'Viking'

my first intermediate pitcher


red and squat, from 2 different plants



a nice lime-green


was red but got bleached by sun


big big wings


some N. ampullarias







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« Reply #37 on Oct 15, 2007, 11:28pm »
I'm grubbing about work tomorrow and thank goodness you come up with this load of pics. you make my day for tomorrow haha thanks a bunch...!
btw that big wing viking looks funny, like a well-fed humpty dumpty!


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« Reply #38 on Oct 16, 2007, 8:22am »
you're most welcome, funkychips. sometimes when i'm down, i go out to the garden to cheer myself up too.
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« Reply #39 on Oct 16, 2007, 12:38pm »
hey hongrui....you mentioned sumtin about taking a shot of your garden ? to show us that there is still space to walk....
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« Reply #40 on Oct 16, 2007, 1:16pm »
yes sir yes sir, i'll take some pics later and post them up when i get home. don't be expecting too much tho, just imagine some rows of pots with untidy nep vines.
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« Reply #41 on Oct 16, 2007, 2:02pm »
i`m just curious about your garden space coz i have half your number of neps but hardly any more space for additional pots......heheh. no hurry with the pics Hongrui, when you are free then.
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« Reply #42 on Oct 16, 2007, 3:43pm »
i grow my neps in 2 (now 3) spots around the garden and this is the sunnier growing area, which gets full sun till about 2pm. 2/3 of my neps are grown here.


a look from the other end. my ceph from cindy is somewhere in there.


this particular area that i'm starting to invade has full sun the whole day. right now, there's some amp x mirabilis, amp x raff and xmiranda there as test plants.


i have another spot, which i did not take any pics because it is waay too messy, is where i grow the more shade loving ones like amps, hirsuta and friends. that particular area only gets morning sun till about 11, and after that it's in bright shade till sundown.

i've recently received a 'permit' from my dad to fix up a sprinkler watering system. hopefully i'll be able to get it done up during my school break in december and with luck, the neps will appreciate the higher humidity levels and extra water and grow better for me. « Last Edit: Oct 16, 2007, 3:44pm by hongrui »Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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« Reply #43 on Oct 16, 2007, 4:13pm »
thx hongrui...you DO have a lot of space altho as you mention before, space might become a problem once the Neps mature & start vining. For now, you are safe. I`m looking at your bare walls in pic 1 & 2 and going mmmmmm......coz neps can hang happily from there.
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« Reply #44 on Oct 16, 2007, 7:12pm »
yup,agreed Hongrui can easily double his collection by construction a bench
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« Reply #45 on Oct 16, 2007, 7:45pm »
hongrui...based on your pics, if you ask me....there is absolutely LOTS of space for ALL your plants to vine! Especially with that wall height, i agree with robert that you can construct tiered benches, maybe shove those shade-loving plants below and woalla! you can even construct wall lattices...just my imagination running wild but hey lol but if I had that much of wallspace you have I'd be constructing lattices too soon for comfort!
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« Reply #46 on Oct 16, 2007, 11:28pm »
double my collection, robert? a very tempting thought, but i need to get a permit to construct a bench, especially if it's going to be permanent. i was thinking of getting some stainless steel shelves from some DIY shop and maybe DIY it. and that will have to wait after i get the sprinkler system done up as i'm planning to DIY that too.
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« Reply #47 on Oct 17, 2007, 12:04am »
Hi Hongrui,DIY was a good idea as it allowed for ease of installing and dismantling. Go for it
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« Reply #48 on Oct 17, 2007, 8:32am »
hongrui, you can also have 3 roll of neps instead of one now (all next to the wall). You can still walkk inbetween the 3 rolls.

On top of that, in the second picture on the right... that is where the roof of your house ends is it? If so, you can install hooks and hang your neps from the roof too. You can hang them all just next to each other. If you hang the plants one higher, another lower and another higher next to each other, you can double the amount of plants hung from your roof.

I would say you can tripple your collection in this area.

If you do this, the whole area will be more humid and better for your neps too. Hmm, I'm getting all excited but this is not my house... haa, haaa... Just got to make do with my home "in the air". « Last Edit: Oct 17, 2007, 8:36am by David »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedMy Wantlist hongrui
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« Reply #49 on Oct 17, 2007, 9:37am »
i used to have 2 rows of pots with walking space inbetween, but when their population multiplied, i had to bring them all together and the result is what you see.

hanging pots from the roof is out cause that's where the laundry is! i'm also not exactly in favor of hanging pots as it'd be harder to water, unless i hang them at maybe my eye level, but then it'd be quite erm.. challenging to walk about?

my current idea is to have 2 benches, one against the wall, and another parallel to and against the pails you see in pic 1 and 2. i should then have a small walking space in between and that should be an incentive for me not to get any fatter!
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« Reply #50 on Oct 17, 2007, 10:21am »
aiya, S`poreans are rarely fat, unlike us M`sians. All of us are obese. heheh.

yes to the 2 benches......*smile*
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N. xhookeriana [Lam]


N. xhookeriana 'Green' [BE]


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« Reply #53 on Nov 2, 2007, 10:15am »
my mother is asking if rearing ants is my new hobby

N. xkuchingensis 'Songkhla' [NF]


N. truncata [EP]


N. truncata (c.) [EP]
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« Reply #54 on Nov 2, 2007, 11:39am »
Ahh finally eye candy again. i hate those kind of ants. they came streaming out of my xero when I first got it. now they are seemingly around my garden somewhere as I see one or two astray.
Your kuchingensis and hookerianas seems to be doing well for you. Mine practically struggles to produce pitchers. Don't ask me why, I have no idea especially when rafflesianas are in fullpitchering mode and they are sitting side by side, ironically.
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« Reply #55 on Nov 2, 2007, 12:34pm »
i had a little problem with the xhookeriana 'Green' when it first came though. but i ignored it and left it alone. after 2months of sulking, it finally pitchered and has been doing so ever since.

ants.. they're all over the place! when i'm really really bored, i catch them and feed them to my drosera!
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« Reply #56 on Nov 2, 2007, 12:44pm »
hongrui, those are m-i-g-h-t-y big, ferocious looking ants, esp the 2nd & 3rd pics....brrrr....i only get ants of similiar size to your 1st pic....oops, nice neps too. heheh.
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Hongrui, nice hookeriana and viking x hookeriana. Are you collecting the hook., and viking x hook. various forms and colours?
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« Reply #58 on Nov 2, 2007, 2:37pm »
tarence, the ants shown ain't too bad compared to the larger soldier ants that patrol around and those really bite.

Thanks robert. yep, i'm trying to collect as many forms of hookers as i can but they are hard to come about.
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Quote:tarence, the ants shown ain't too bad compared to the larger soldier ants that patrol around and those really bite.

Thanks robert. yep, i'm trying to collect as many forms of hookers as i can but they are hard to come about.

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« Reply #60 on Nov 9, 2007, 12:07pm »
some of my ****es. i can't wait for them to grow up and mature. especially the veitchii x lowii.

N. veitchii x lowii [BE]


N. talangensis x veitchii [BE]


N. chaniana x veitchii [BE] - very hairy


N. tobaica 'Red' [BE] - this is growing better than i expected for a H/L plant


the whole plant


a red and young N. truncata x xTM [EP]


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« Reply #61 on Nov 9, 2007, 10:05pm »
Hi hongrui,

Is that the typical media from BE? Those large pieces are wood chips? What else do you have in the media?
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« Reply #62 on Nov 10, 2007, 12:22am »
hi david,

nope, this is not the typical media from BE, BE plants come without media.

those large pieces you see are pine bark chips, a top layer to prevent rain spatter. in the media is peat, perlite and pinebark chips.
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« Reply #63 on Nov 22, 2007, 7:57pm »
more pikkies

N. 'Gothica' (sibuyanensis x maxima) [EP]


N. maxima (h.) x mira [EP] one of my current favorite pitcher


N. truncata x xTM [EP]

a pair of N. thorelii x xTM [EP]



N. rafflesiana 'Johore spotted'


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« Reply #64 on Dec 12, 2007, 11:02pm »
tarence!

my northiana baby:


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« Reply #65 on Dec 12, 2007, 11:12pm »
wow Hongrui! your Northiana has more colour than mine!
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« Reply #66 on Dec 12, 2007, 11:16pm »
audrey, its out under full sun. maybe that's why, and also mine is a tad bigger than yours
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« Reply #67 on Dec 13, 2007, 12:53pm »
Wow! I'm really, really impressed! Being new to this forum I hadn't seen this thread before. When we were in Singapore for some reason I thought you were probably a newbie but I can see from your photos throughout this thread that you're an accomplished grower. I wish I had seen this before we met. I could learn a lot from you about how the best growers in SG cultivate their plants.

I have a few questions if you have the time. First off: You are growing highlanders really surprisingly well considering the climate. How long have you had the N. veitchii x lowii N. talangensis x veitchii and N. tobaica for? Did those pitchers form since you received the plants or if they were already there?
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« Reply #68 on Dec 13, 2007, 1:37pm »
yeah Rob, Hongrui's collection and skills belies his age. Shows you can be good at something when you put your heart to it.

Hongrui,

Your northy is very nice. Do you have a picture of the whole plant? I'm still waiting for my "giant red" northy to pitcher. The plant is almost 2 feet tall with big leaves. Not pitchering. Was told it's a female too.

Meanwhile I'll just have to be contented with the pitchers(1cm) of the 2 northiana ****es that I have.

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« Reply #69 on Dec 13, 2007, 10:35pm »
Hongrui, i'm quite certain bigger and matured pitcher will produce more red colouration.
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« Reply #70 on Dec 14, 2007, 7:58am »
thanks Rob, you're too kind. i received the veitchii x lowii and the tobaica 'red' in Jan this yr, while talangensis x veitchii was received in Sept this yr. the pitchers shown are all formed here in singapore.

isaac, thanks! i'll take a picture of the plant for you later.

robert, you think so? i'll cross my fingers and wait patiently for the northiana to grow bigger.
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« Reply #71 on Dec 14, 2007, 8:42am »
hi hongrui....mouth wide open while saying this `WAAHHHHH`......it IS rather colourful.....mine are totally colourless ( ok, a bit brown lah ) at the moment.
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pictures for the month

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« Reply #73 on Jan 11, 2008, 11:46pm »
one more baby

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« Reply #74 on Jan 29, 2008, 12:01pm »
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Hongrui,
Its interesting how your photo of pure veitchii resembles like a dead-ringer the currently sold hurrelliana x veitchii from MT.


You will also discover (If you haven't seen evidence already) that your SEED origin plants far exceeds those from tc. This is part of my rants why nepenthes growers need to see that SEED-origin plants (are not even remotely similar) are far superior over tc plants.

There is no such thing as a superior selected form from tc or "selected" clones from any tc supplier. They are selling plants at random as "IF" they were seed origin plants!
The exception to this are hybrid tc clones of plants with specific traits. Such as Red Dragon, these are set examples of a clone that is represented for that HYBRID.
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« Reply #76 on Mar 20, 2008, 11:20am »
i've just realised that i've not posted any new pics here in a very long time. hehe to atone for that little mistake, here are 2 limestone cliff dwellers:

N. campanulata [BE]


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N. northiana, an older pitcher


latest pitcher


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« Reply #77 on Mar 20, 2008, 7:29pm »
hongrui, what's the media that you use for the N. campanulata & N. northiana?

I thought I saw coarse red soil - I've used this mixed with some sphagnum + perlite for my n. mirabilis and they are really thriving! I'm wondering if I can use the same for n. northiana.
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« Reply #78 on Mar 20, 2008, 8:46pm »
Athene, both the camp and north are in 80% burnt earth and 20% peat/perlite. the peat/perlite mix is packed mainly around the root mass to prevent dehydration after transplanting. the white bits in the N. campanulata pot are actually limestone chips, but camps and norths do not seem to need it in their media. i have other pots of camps and norths without the limestone chips and they grow okay too.
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« Reply #79 on Mar 20, 2008, 9:30pm »
hongrui,
its an achievement to grow neps in pure soil.
Some say that the soil must be washed thoroughly to drain away the nutrients before applying it to neps.
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« Reply #80 on Mar 20, 2008, 10:15pm »
its not regular topsoil/compost. the burnt earth i'm referring to is actually soil that has been commercially oven fried/combusted and it looks like this:



its like chunks of hard solid clay. it is quite sterile as all the organic materials has been burnt off during the process of making it. i do kinda rinse/wash the chunks before using to get rid of any loose clay powder that may cause clogs. « Last Edit: Mar 20, 2008, 10:16pm by hongrui »Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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« Reply #81 on Mar 21, 2008, 1:17am »
Hongrui,
that was the first thing i thought about burnt soil - depleted nutrients. However, from this, and this website, the experiments indicate that the nutrients had not only been preserved, but the soil had also been enriched with minerals and nutrients (my grandma, a rubber tapper, who lives a kampung life and grow vegetables also said that burnt soil is good for growing plants due to its nutrients. ofcourse she doesnt have any science evidents to prove it )
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« Reply #82 on Mar 21, 2008, 8:03am »
hmm.. oops!

i can understand why a forest fire would increase the amount of nutrients in soil though, a forest fire should increase the amount of organic material available for decomposition which means more nutrients. but a forest fire does not burn the soil and dry it up to the state of hard chunks.

i think your grandmother is correct though, burnt soil is very fertile. but i still believe/think that the burnt earth/clay are sterile. in singapore, burnt soil is black and crumbly and is sold as being full of nutrients while the chunks of burnt earth (dried clay pellets, i've been corrected) are promoted as sterile but useful drainage materials. how true the claims are, i'm not sure. « Last Edit: Mar 21, 2008, 8:05am by hongrui »Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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« Reply #84 on Mar 21, 2008, 9:35am »
I suppose broken red bricks could work, if you hammer them into small enough chunks. but is anything added to clay to make bricks?
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« Reply #85 on Mar 24, 2008, 7:23pm »
hongrui : your campy campunalata has grown quite a bit from the last time you posted...lovely....does every leaf result in a pitcher plse ?
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« Reply #86 on Mar 24, 2008, 9:49pm »
tarence: after changing the media, it's starting to pitcher on every leaf. it's been only 4 leaves and the 3rd pitcher is just forming.
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« Reply #87 on Mar 25, 2008, 8:15am »
Good for you. It seems to be doing better than a friend`s garden in Kuching then. His doesn`t pitcher well.
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« Reply #88 on Apr 16, 2008, 12:22pm »
N. x Gothica [EP]


another plant:


N. alata-striped x truncata [EP]


N. maxima-dark x truncata [EP] intermediate/upper


N. maxima-dark x xTM [EP] intermediate/upper. i was hoping to see more of the x TM influence in the uppers but not much so far.


N. gracilis. I know N. gracilis grows like a weed but i have a soft spot for them and i like this particular plant for its striped peristome.


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« Reply #89 on Apr 16, 2008, 9:50pm »
WOW! DUDE!
HOW WISH MY ALATA x Truncata can grow until that size. Now mine only around 20cm ~ 25cm. Yours is WOW!

Maxima x TM? TM??? Cant wait for it to grow like Lowii type.

Oh dear.... when or where I can get truncata x TM
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« Reply #90 on Apr 16, 2008, 10:41pm »
yo jeff my alata x truncata is about the same size lahhh.. 25cm thereabouts
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« Reply #91 on May 7, 2008, 11:33am »
i was out in the garden taking another set of pics so i thought i should take some pics of my favorite plants/pitchers.

N. ampullaria


N. bicalcarata


N. x dyeriana - i have no idea if this is the real victorian cross or a remake


N. x hookeriana


N. veitchii


N. rafflesiana - white and black and everything inbetween.







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« Reply #92 on May 7, 2008, 12:27pm »
I don't think anyone has remade dyeriana.
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« Reply #93 on May 7, 2008, 12:33pm »
Wow hongrui, you sure have an extremely huge collection of neps.
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« Reply #94 on May 7, 2008, 1:12pm »

May 7, 2008, 12:27pm, phissionkorps wrote:I don't think anyone has remade dyeriana.

i vaguely remember reading a post on pitcherplant forum that there are several clones of dyeriana but there's only one original male clone left. but i'm not too sure about this.

plantlover, your collection can be as big as mine too, just build it up slowly and soon they'll be all over.


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« Reply #95 on May 7, 2008, 2:58pm »
Wait till I'm adult only as big as yours. Unless I can hypnotize my parents and buy many plants.hehehe
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« Reply #96 on May 7, 2008, 3:42pm »
All I heard was the EP remade it, but that was a rumor. On the photo finder it says this: "Trent Meeks says there is only a single clone remaining (female). Also, see the cultivar N. 'F. W. Moore'"
However, I've never seen a female dyeriana. Everyone's seems to be male, so if the male clone is a "fake" I don't know where it came from or what happened to the real one since no one seems to have it. Mine came from Longwood Gardens, is male, and looks like yours. Where they got it from, who knows.
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« Reply #97 on May 7, 2008, 4:20pm »
thanks for the info, phissionkorps.

i've found the old thread, here, on Dyeriana at pitcherplant forum. it seems like EP has done a remake of dyeriana. sunbelle has also remarked that "all N. Dyeriana are male, it's the only clone".

considering that my plant came from thailand, i'm inclined to think that mine is a EP remake and not the victorian cross.

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« Reply #98 on May 7, 2008, 4:42pm »
Oh ok, then there is a mix up on the photofinder site, and it should be changed to all of them are male.


Quote:All I heard was the EP remade it, but that was a rumor.
. They never remade it.
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« Reply #99 on May 7, 2008, 6:52pm »
they never remade it? yay then mine should be the original and i won't need to go source for another!
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« Reply #100 on May 8, 2008, 2:19am »
Yeah, just recently on pitcherplants they stated that it was just a rumor that they had remade it. Can't find the thread, but it's there somewhere if you search for it. It was within the last month.
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« Reply #101 on May 8, 2008, 5:30am »
Re: N. dyeriana,

Sunbelle is absolutely correct in that post. I became familiar with this plant back in the mid '70s at Longwood Gardens when they had it labeled as "N. dicksoniana". I sent photos of it to Japanese authorities, who informed me that is was in fact NOT N. dicksoniana, but "N. dyeriana".

I did some research on this, and found it described in the [Kew] Gardner's Chronicles as "N. x Sir William T. Thistleton Dyer" (too short, huh? ) and became better known in the circles as just D. dyeriana; but that name does NOT (to my knowledge), appear in any formal documented botanical description; it's just a name that has become synonymous by de-facto over the years, and yes, it is a male plant, and only one clone of it exists. Even if someone else were to remake this hybrid, it would be of completely different plants, and would most likely look different too.

Longwood grows them in hanging baskets, and gets them to produce pitchers up to 16 inches! They have to tie the pitchers to the tendrils (just under the peristome) so that they don't topple over when they water them and the pitchers fill up with water, sometimes fertilizer.

It is N. x mixta (N. northiana x N. maxima) X N. x dicksoniana (N. rafflesiana x N. veitchii - and most likely a lowland form at that). It doesn't produce hybrids very well, as I've tried several times, but each time rendered no germination.

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Re: hongrui's Nepenthes pictures
« Reply #102 on May 8, 2008, 7:35am »
Great! thanks for sharing the information, phissionkorps and rich! « Last Edit: May 8, 2008, 7:36am by hongrui »Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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