Baby V

[Av8tor1]

Starting to look the part

Av

 

[vraev]

Houston!!! WE HAVE TEETH!!!

fantastic mate... fantastic!!

 

[amphirion]

very nice. mine's is no where near yours. although it does have a basal

 

[Av8tor1]

Thanks V, Amp.... knock on wood it seems to be growing at a pretty good rate IMHO

Av

 

[thez_yo]

awww what a cute little pitcher!

 

[BigBella]

Great plant and my favorite Nepenthes. My plant was terribly tiny when I received it but is also beginning to look the part. I'm sure it will do great under your care . . .

 

[MasterGrower]

Beautiful plant. It's already starting to show that amazing peristome!

 

[Av8tor1]

Thx for the kind comments

Great plant and my favorite Nepenthes. My plant was terribly tiny when I received it but is also beginning to look the part. I'm sure it will do great under your care . . .

David, if I had my pick of only one Nepenthes.... it would be a mature N. villosa

One of my fav villosa images from the cp photo finder

Butch

 

[thez_yo]

Butch...that plant in your link...this is a family site...it's verging on inappropriately attractive it's so hot looking!



Now I want to get one, but I don't want to deal with putting the little bugger in the fridge every night.

 

[Av8tor1]

hehehehe such a tease huh Zu

Well I dont do that, nor do I do frozen water bottles.... but to be fair I do have a basement

 

[thez_yo]

hehehehe such a tease huh Zu

Well I dont do that, nor do I do frozen water bottles.... but to be fair I do have a basement

How cold does it get in your basement? It's 75ish during the day and upper50s/lower60s during the night for n-3 months of the year here (and a touch cooler for 2 months of the other 9) which sounds warmer, at least at night, than most people have their villosas. If it's not...well then, I should have bought one instead of an overly expensive macrophylla instead!

 

[Av8tor1]

winters are low 50's, maybe high 40's on the coldest nights (-20f)... summers are 70-ish
No night time drop to speak of, just seasonal variances

Butch

 

[thez_yo]

Huh, in that case...it requires really high humidity at daytime and saturation at night though, doesn't it? They don't cost too too much so maybe I'll give 'em a try when I have spare money again...

 

[Av8tor1]

I dunno Zu, it sits on the rack with everything else in my collection.... one thing is i used an unglazed Terracotta orchid/lotus pot, so it has vertical drainage/ventilation slits and and is also constantly cool from evaporation (I always have airflow in my plant rack)

It may be helping to keep the roots cool

 

[thez_yo]

It seems like I should pot helis, nep villosa and cobra lillies in pure perlite or pumice with a strand or a couple of lfs up the center, sitting in a pot of water, like I keep the one ping I've been able to keep alive. Maybe I'll try it as an experiment with a nep villosa the next time I see two on sale somewhere...having a big reservoir of water sitting there really helps to mediate the temperatures (like Lake Geneva keeps Geneva cool) because I'm not sure I want to water *every* day. I'm up for experimenting for the greater good though...

 

[Av8tor1]

Here is tek that you might consider adapting...

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1936165_1936254_1936632,00.html

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2003/Projects/J0226.pdf

 

[Exo]

Considering the temps it's growing in, I might try one of these one day.....