Nepenthes veitchii x platychilla

[strath76]

Here are a couple of pics of one of my new plants. It is very small at the moment but I can't wait to see the mature pitchers on this plant; the peristome should be huge.

[Aliamyz]

Did you get your plant from Captiveexotics Strath?
I contacted them but they told me it's a lot of paper work.
I want this plant as well but can't get it.
They're new hybrids includes hamata x platychila and ventricosa x northiana.
Get it fast Strath as it will dissapear for very long time!

Thanx for sharing though!

[plantlover]

Nice plants Strath.

[strath76]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

Did you get your plant from Captiveexotics Strath?
I contacted them but they told me it's a lot of paper work.
I want this plant as well but can't get it.
They're new hybrids includes hamata x platychila and ventricosa x northiana.
Get it fast Strath as it will dissapear for very long time!

Thanx for sharing though!

Thanks Ali and Aaron. I will definately order those others. I didn't see the hamata hybrid when I ordered the last lot of plants or I would have ordered it then.

The paperwork to legally export is very expensive. I know that captive exotics are agents for Borneo Exotics and i think also Malesiana Tropical. You may be able to source them a little more cheaply through them.

[kentosaurs]

Hi Starth

Nice nep you have there so in what conditions do you grow these seedlings in.

Ken

[strath76]

Hi Ken, thanks. I grow them in a small glass house. This is about six foot long, about 2 foot deep and has a pitched roof that is a bit over 6 foot high (comfortable to stand up in. It has no heating or cooling so the temperature is very similar to those outside. Through the winters day time temp is usually around the mid teens but can be in single figures with the occasional frost. In the summer the temp is usually around 30 degrees with many days above 40. I try to water the plants twice a day (morning and evening) but sometimes it is once a day or once every two days.

The glass house backs onto my shed and receives direct sunlight all morning until mid afternoon. To try and offset some of the heat I am now growing my plants in open sided pots (you can sort of see this in the pics above) with a mix of sphagnum, perlite and small pine bark. The evaporation helps to cool the roots in hot weather.

[Aliamyz]

Veitchii x platychia (lowland x intermediate) can be grow as either lowland or highland.
I don't think there would be a problem growing this plant too!

[kentosaurs]

Hi Ali

If its a lowland x intermediate then in my opinion it should be grown in lowland conditions with maybe slightly cool nights.

Ken

[strath76]

Platychilla is an intermediate plant growing i think to around 1400 meters. Veitchii is sold as either a lowland plant or a highland plant (to around 1200m) so more likely an intermediate. I haven't grown the plant for very long but it appears to be settling in very well with my highland plants.

[Aliamyz]

Ken,
It can be grown either ways becaue the both plants seems like not to bother about the temperature anyway.(certainly not extreme weathers though)