rajah: Archive from old forum

[David]

Started By: rajah
« Thread Started on Apr 25, 2007, 5:56pm »


Hello all,

Nice to join this forum, I'm a Neps lover from Indonesia, West Java to be exact. I joined this forum soon after I read David's post by the title of "Misunderstandings about Nepenthes" which is exactly the same thing I experience here in my place.

My name is Sofyan, but you can just call me by my nickname "rajah" unless it will cause confusion with the actual plant haha...

Bandung is the city where I live, its located at about 700 m asl with humid to very humid condition.

I started growing Neps since December 2006, but I have set my interest on ethnobotanical and medicinal plants since 1999, so it's like a smooth expansion to me.

Currently I am growing several species of Neps, almost all of which are lowland and intermediate species (also hybrids) from Borneo Exotics. They all love growing here so far, though most of them are not big (or many) enough to produce seeds yet.

I am hoping that someday when my plants are flowering we can work together by exchanging pollens etc.

Happy growing,
Sofyan

[David]

Reply: zakhren
« Reply #1 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:09pm »

Welcome Always nice to get new members here. Yes neps grow real easy here in SE Asia haha. Though if you ever decide to diverse your growlist even more we may have some pings or sundews to trade or sell.

[David]

Reply: Robert
« Reply #2 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:10pm »

Hello rajah, welcome to the forum. It's nice to get someone from your country to be part of the forum to share the ever growing addictions

[David]

Reply: Rajah
« Reply #3 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:19pm »


Hi Zakh, hi Robert nice to know you all
I'm planning to expand to other carnis as well in the near future, just arranging the space first and study their requirements slowly that's all..

[David]

Reply: Zakhren
« Reply #4 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:26pm »

Good plan. Studying and reading up on carni plants is essential. Wrong soil or water is a very common cause of killings. Though you should know that. Next have to know lighting conditions. Cosmo knows alot haha can ask him if you got any questions

Btw, what do you grow your neps in? There are alot of mixes out there haha.

[David]

Reply: Rajah
« Reply #5 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:44pm »

OK zakh, I'll ask him when I have a problem with lighting
Btw I use mostly a mix of coconut husk and arang sekam (I'm not sure what is called in English? it's the burnt husk of rice to give the coco husk some air to breathe). There are 3 grades of coconut husk here, the cubes, the long fibers (coir) and the powder (resembling peat moss in size).
What about yours?

[David]

Reply: zakhren
« Reply #6 on Apr 25, 2007, 6:54pm »

I'm currently experimenting, but I think I'm going to settle on a peat mosserlite:vermiculite:dead sphagnum moss 1:1:1:1 mix. It's well drained but the peat and moss will retain some water, enough for a few days without rotting the roots. Your arang sekam works alot like perlite haha. Coconut husk eh? Never seen someone use that before.

[David]

Reply: bifurcatum
« Reply #7 on Apr 25, 2007, 7:49pm »

welcome rajah

[David]

Reply: TS
« Reply #8 on Apr 25, 2007, 8:47pm »

A warm welcome, Rajah. More and more members from overseas are joining us!

[David]

Reply: zakhren
« Reply #9 on Apr 25, 2007, 9:15pm »

Hehe if we're lucky and with a bit of work, petpitcher could end up being called South East Asia Carnivorous Plant Society XD We just need more exposure so people know we exist.