Recent content by cpwitch

I can't tell you how jealous I am about your vast kingdom of cp's! Where do you keep them all?! I also saw a ceph. in your batch of pictures. I just discovered that one I thought I'd lost over the winter has come back and now I need to know how to keep it alive, so please share any care tips you...

Thanks all. I'm finding that a mix of peat, perlite and some sort of bark seems to be a popular combo. I have a bad habit of letting my nephs sit in a bit of water (lost a couple to root rot) so I want my mix to allow good drainage (and I promise not to let them stay wet). I don't have anything...

Thanks for the suggestions. When I was out today I looked for LFS and couldn't find any; I was going to try Armstron's tomorrow. So if I can't find LFS peat is ok? I have some of that from separating some pings. And if I can't find fir bark would orchid bark do the trick? From my reading I know...

Hi All, I have several nephs that need transplanting from their teeny, tiny pots but am confused about soil mixtures. I've found recipes that use up to 8 ingredients and others that suggest only two. What have you all found to be a good mixture? Thanks! cpwitch

Thanks all for your replies. Jim, my cp's, including my pings, are on my north facing patio and don't get much bright light until around May. They are in a small greenhouse and I have their pots in pans with about a quarter inch of water in them. I had three pings this spring just burst out in...

Thanks again Jim. I do think I have Mexican pings -- the leaves are fairly broad and seem to match your pictures. I think I'll try to move the entire plants into a larger pot. That way I won't have to separate the babies but there will be ample room for them to spread out. I guess overcrowding...

Thanks for your response! I think my pings may be Mexican pings (?). I got them at Lowe's over a year ago, so they can't be too exotic You say the plantlets will eventually separate themselves, but right now they are hanging over the small pot the parent is in. Should I transplant the entire...

Hi All, I have a couple of pings that were amazing in their production of deep pink flowers this spring, and they also developed several "babies". I need to know how to separate these babies from the parent plant (or if I should), what growth medium to mix, etc., so I can have even more pings...

I'm a Patriots fan -- yea! My ex-boyfriend turned me on to them -- he's long gone, but I still root for the Pats! cpwitch

Thanks Swords for referring me to your website. It appears to have all of the information I'll need! I've bookmarked it for more leisurely reading later. And Capslock, I have my plants in an old 10 galleon aquarium. I have seven plants in it (all it will hold, but their leaves do not touch)...

Hi All, I have several mystery neps. from Lowe's that are very healthy plants. I've had them several months and they came with pitchers already on them. They lost those, but only one has set a new pitcher, a very small one. The others want to, but the little tips that should grow into pitchers...

Sorry to hear that Goldtrap. I've lost about three so far -- they seem to be hard to keep. Through the forum and info. from a cp book I started to water them with refrigerated water, from the top. They seem to like that better, and one that was almost dead sprouted new babies that are doing...

Then I gotta put it down to the heat. I had them outside (always with distilled water in their saucers), but I think the heat was just too much. I know of others in my area that grow them outside, so figured they would be ok. When their hoods got a little crispy I moved them in, but, alas...

Hi All, After an earlier thread on feeding saras milk, I tried it with my leukophyla, purp, and x wriggliana. Only a drop in one or two pitchers. Anyway, I eagerly awaited the growth spurt others have experienced, only to have my leuk. and purp. die on me! It's also been very hot here -- 90's...

Hi all, I just read the post about the sarra grab bag sale and it looks too good to pass up. But I've never gotten plants bare root so what soil mix will work best with them? Any other tips would be appreciated. cpwitch