Hi, Boon from pg

[kentosaurs]

Well if given as much sunlight as direct sun it will turn red and retain the redness...But it will not be as red as tyuo bought it.

Ken

[Aliamyz]

Yes you're right Ken.

[cbkhoon]

Originally Posted by kentosaurs

Well if given as much sunlight as direct sun it will turn red and retain the redness...But it will not be as red as tyuo bought it.

Ken

i scare if I give them more sunlight, the cup & leave will start to dry off.

I put up the shade recently after many cups dried off.... & some leaves also dried.

[Amelie.Poulain]

I have a pot of N. xVentrata that's shaded by some larger Neps. plants, it produces bigger pitchers & are more reddish in color.

A larger plant that's exposed to more direct sunlight almost all day long grows robustly, producing plenty of pitchers but the all dry-up very fast. This plant is quite big, approx. 15 feet high, so unless I trim it, I can possibly move the pot to a more shaded position.

So I believe, more shaded condition helps N.xVentrata produce more crimson-like pitchers that'll last for quite a long time. Direct sunlight would cause a gangly- growth & pitchers that dries up real fast.

Just my 2-cents worth.
~A~

[kentosaurs]

Hi cbkhoon

Well i had my tough times with nepenthes ventrata by immeditaly after i bought it i put it out in full sun....Even though it was a hardy plant after a few days all the pitchers dry off....So if you wanna put it to direct sun or even if you just wanna put it in a sunnier area slowly adapt it..Maybe after 2-3weeks it will harden off and you can leave it there on its own.

Hi Athene

I never tried though in your case where putting your ventrata in a shadier condition the nep produces bigger and redder pitchers.But as you said i did realise that the pitchers didn't really last very long for me probally max around 4 months where normally my neps have pitchers for minimumly 6 months+ most of the time.As you said it did grow very robustly and produced many pitchers.

As for some of the pitchers which were hiding in between pots or under my palm tree or even under the plant the pitchers were very green....While those under burning sun were much redder.I'm not sure if they are upper pitchers which i doubt because they're tendrills didn't curl or anything and they look quite alike as the lowers.I say this because since upper pitchers of most neps are less attractive or maybe in other words less colourful.

Ken

[Amelie.Poulain]

Ken, when I said them pitchers don't last as long, I meant instead of lasting up to 5-6 months, they only last approx. 1-2 months before they wither and dry-up.

While the main stem has been producing uppers for sometimes, I continue getting basals popping up all the times, so I still get lower pitchers.

Have a nice day.

~A~

[Amelie.Poulain]

And btw, Ken, in regards to upper pitchers being less attractive + less colorful, that's not entirely true, there's a lot of uppers that's way better looking then the lower.

Have you seen N. [strike]rajah[/strike] lowii uppers as compared to the lowers?

Sorry for the mistype

[edwardyeeks]

Athene.....

You mean this kind of picture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ki..._pitcher_3.jpg

I find it quite nice and rather creepy.......

Cheers

[kentosaurs]

Hi

Like i said most or some......uppers.....Thanks ed for the pic

Ken