plants that goes with nep

[sooxiwei]

hi to all, after seeing many awesome nep picture since joining, I saw a lot of other form of plant that grow on the nep pot as well, many says that most of it are not good for the nep, but it happens to be a good complement to the nep as an extra deco like live sphagnum moss, I would like to know more about plants that members have been growing on nep pot, do not hesitate to tell the type of plants that complement your nep

[rsivertsen]

I have several Utrics and Dros that become weeds and invade the Nepenthes pots; they don't really compete with the Nepenthes, so I don't really mind. Mosses also seem to appear spontaneously as do several ferns, but depending on what ferns they are, I'll pull out those that can get very big and out grow the Nepenthes. I used to grow some Lycopodiums with Nepenthes as many seem to grow with them in the wild, but haven't had the chance to do that again recently. - Rich

[Robert]

I use local moss associated with neps as decoration. In the wild neps are found to grow on moss pads so no they are not harmful and yes, as you say, they complement each other.

Ferns tend to make their home on neps pots which i trim off when overgrown. Their roots open up the media which encourage aeration and drainage which is useful for neps.

[kentosaurs]

Though ferns aren't really that bad but i dun really like them....I trim most of them when they reach a certain size...Also i was repotting the other day and i was trying to remove a bit of the old media but cos of many fern roots the media is a bit hard and tough

[sooxiwei]

any idea what species of moss or fern? thanks

[Vincent]

I think the best plant "decorators" are succulents. They are kinda like cacti, so right now they are flowering =) There are tons of different kinds of them, they are easy to grow, and you can find them at lowes, home depot, etc. and they will be by the poor little boxed CP's. I have this really really spikey one, and it resonded well when i moved it in with my plants. I think i will divide it and plant one of the babies in a nep. pot.