repotted my beloved N. Campanulata

[Angkau Tekor]

Coffee treatment read in other forum but mainly given to N.rajah. I tried on my small N.northiana which did not show any siign of growth. After almost two months, it has now got a few new and bigger leaves, pitchers are just forming.


I have yet to try using soil, either burn earth or laterite on any of my neps.

[kevyn chan]

black edges as in pic 2, 4 o'clock and 9 o'clock leaves right?

they are sign of dehydration! increase the humidity at once......!
the stoney medium tht you used is too 'bare'......and it looks like a fish is living out of water....err, i think you know what i meant..

[paphioboy]

The trick to using any media that remains wet for too long is to not overpot.

[sooxiwei]

As advice by all, here I modified it...the base of the pot is pure sphagnum to keep some water in the pot, side is purely pebbles, center where the campanulata is sitting were a mix of 50 sphagnum 50 pebbles, topping with full sphagnum




Temporarily cover 90% of it with this transparent cup to increase humidity

was surprised that the pebbles inside the pot were wet when I repot it about an hour ago as the last time I watered it was yesterday...

[NepNut]

My advice, keep it simple... just use perlite + chopped moss ~ 7 : 3 ratio. As paphiboy suggested, keep the pot small... big pot often retains too much moisture (depending on the species/hybrids) unless you make many holes to help in evaporation for bigger pot. I still believe a smaller pot will serve your plant better... My tiny 2 cents...

[kevyn chan]

good luck on your new media.......

what is that variegated leaves plant? a variety of the 'kuan yin' bamboo?

[sooxiwei]

thanks for the advice , that "bamboo"...erm...as side kick