Repotted AT LAST!!!

[kentosaurs]

Hi everyone

I have finally repotted my 70cm tall ventrata which has now turn to a 10cm tall ventrata hehehe....Originally when i first got it which was like 2 years+ ago it was i think in LFS and perlite and then i felt like it was lacking in soil so i made a very bad mistake which is growing it in potting soil....Well i couldn't even find anywhere to find LFS or even get more experienced on growing these guys till i started joining forums..

I know I know when i said 70cm to 10cm sounds wasteful eh?...Wait the worst thing hasn't come...The thing is i didn't just cut of "1" stem hehehe...Instead i cut off and trim all the 3 vines..
I tried doing a cutting but somehow the stem of the ventrata is so thin and well i tried and didn't look like how i saw people make cuttings so i said bye bye to them....Now the whole plant is just made out of 2 tiny basal..One around 10cm and 1 around 5cm..I also realised something...In one of the threads in the forum recently you guys were talking bout ventrata growing in lowland conditions and it will turn greener...I found out that before i cut of the vine the pitchers on them were almost pure green.....exception to those which were not at all shaded..,But the basal shoots which had tiny pitchers and also normally shaded by the bigger vines receives almost no sunlight but still has much of the reddish colouration on it.Of course when i first bought it,it was blood red..Well can't compare with that.

For anyone wondering what media i use for the ventrata now....I used about 80-90% LFS and 10-20% perlite.And like all CPs My 70cm tall ventrata has a very small rooting system...Just about half the size of my palm.

Just one question....I know that plants like N mirandas origins or hybrid or hidden from i guess almost everyone....But just asking since ventrata is ventricosa x alata so what form is the alata lowland or highland.As for what Ali said it one of the threads is N ventrata really N alata x ventricosa x alata???

Ken

[edwardyeeks]

Why did you waste the cuttings? They still can be used even though they are thin.......unless you have no rooting hormone.....or any soil at all....hehehe.

Here's a quote from The Savage Garden book by Peter d'Amato

'Nepenthes alata-This is a beautiful plant and very adaptable to warmer or cooler conditions, often excelling on windowsills or outdoors........'

I think this means that since alata is an adapatable plant to LL condition, thats why ventrata is adaptable too.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[kentosaurs]

Hi Edward

Well thanks for the input.....But alata also has forms like lowland forms and highland forms.Yeah i guess even both of the parent are very hardy neps making it a indestructable nep lol...

Ken

[edwardyeeks]

You don't need to worry. Ventrata is a hardy plant. Today, I checked my ventrata. TWO basals already!!!! After removing one and repotting the whole plant about one week already, TWO basals.....

Cheers

[kentosaurs]

Hi Ed

Yeah i noe its a very hardy plant has been beaten upside down for 2 tyears already now its a time for it to take a rest.My current ventrata is made out of 2 basals hahaha..

Ken

[plantlover]

Ventrata can take a lot of stress. I forgot to water my ventrata(all neps watered except ventrata) for 1 week with no rain. The soil was so dry it shriveled up and felt so light. The leaves and pitchers was so crumply that it looks like .....eh.....a crumpled thing. Than I poured water on it like crazy and it went back to normal the next day. My ventrata already got 4-5 basals.