I purchased three plants - nepenthes veitchii x platychila, rajah x veitchii and robcantleyi x veitchii. They arrived from cz plants in January, so I guess it was quite a shock in conditions. Bombay's lowest in winter is still above 15 degrees celcius. More usually in low twenties at night.
None of the plants have lost pitchers or deteriorated so far (at least from the condition they arrived in, which was reasonably good). The rajah x veitchii was the plant I was most apprehensive about. Rajah is a highlander. I was hoping that the veitchii being a lowlander... only to realize after buying that it was a highland form of veitchii in the cross. So far, it seems to be doing fine. A pitcher it came with grew slightly in size. The tendril on the newest leaf was broken when it arrived, but a new leaf (formed after arriving) is almost the size of the previous leaf now.
Same with the robcantleyi x veitchii - did not deteriorate, started forming new leaf.
The last - the veitchii x platychila is ..... frozen. It hasn't deteriorated, it hasn't grown. It is as it came. For almost a month now. Started forming a new leaf, but not sure whether it started and stopped or the growth is so glacial that I'm not registering it.
I'm not very worried as such right now. They are acclimatizing and all - no deterioration is already good news. No lost pitchers or leaves, but the plant I was worried about being fine and this one being so slow... has me slightly worried. Like... should I worry? It is neither growing nor declining. Like it is frozen in time or something. Odd.
I guess I need someone to handhold me and tell me tales of checking their plants daily for growth and hand me some tissues and pat my hand and etc. (or if there is something I should check for for that plant specifically)
All the plants are in a sphagnum-perlite mix that drains well. Get misted around (not directly) about 10 seconds every five minutes. Bright shade. The other two seem very appreciative. So what is this guy's problem?
None of the plants have lost pitchers or deteriorated so far (at least from the condition they arrived in, which was reasonably good). The rajah x veitchii was the plant I was most apprehensive about. Rajah is a highlander. I was hoping that the veitchii being a lowlander... only to realize after buying that it was a highland form of veitchii in the cross. So far, it seems to be doing fine. A pitcher it came with grew slightly in size. The tendril on the newest leaf was broken when it arrived, but a new leaf (formed after arriving) is almost the size of the previous leaf now.
Same with the robcantleyi x veitchii - did not deteriorate, started forming new leaf.
The last - the veitchii x platychila is ..... frozen. It hasn't deteriorated, it hasn't grown. It is as it came. For almost a month now. Started forming a new leaf, but not sure whether it started and stopped or the growth is so glacial that I'm not registering it.
I'm not very worried as such right now. They are acclimatizing and all - no deterioration is already good news. No lost pitchers or leaves, but the plant I was worried about being fine and this one being so slow... has me slightly worried. Like... should I worry? It is neither growing nor declining. Like it is frozen in time or something. Odd.
I guess I need someone to handhold me and tell me tales of checking their plants daily for growth and hand me some tissues and pat my hand and etc. (or if there is something I should check for for that plant specifically)
All the plants are in a sphagnum-perlite mix that drains well. Get misted around (not directly) about 10 seconds every five minutes. Bright shade. The other two seem very appreciative. So what is this guy's problem?
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