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Brokken's Greenhouse
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Your greenhouse is beautiful and very well organized; everything in its place! I noticed that even you neps are in trays; how often do you water them? Do you let them dry out in between waterings?
The neon-y green stuff is a type of ornamental moss that I purchased at Orchard supply. I don't believe is alive anymore, nor do I suspect that it's naturally this color. It appears to be some kind of lichen. I just like the look of it so I put it in various places in my GH.
San Jose, CA is a little too dry to allow me to succesfully grow LSF in pots but club moss loves growing on the medium AND sides of the terracotta pots. Most of my pots have it. Eventually most of them will. I like the look of it. Makes it look more organic than a plastic pot.
I generally will let the trays go dry before I add more water - though in summer, I pro-actively keep pots filled to prevent things from getting too dry - which in my climate - can happen in a matter of hours.
The frequency of waterings depends entirely on the weather. Right now, once a week is enough. In summer, maybe once every day or two. They also get misted twice a day.
Wow! Great setup! Is that a female N. veitchii flower I see?
Hopefully a FERTILIZED veitchii flower.
Exo: Sorry, a typo on my part. It's actually Capslock's Mt. Pasian copelandii. Yours is doing nicely too!
Thez: The pitcher is different than what came with it - with essentially looked like like thorelli but had the consistency of TM (very woody). I'm excited to see that the plant is changing as it's maturing.
Thez: The pitcher is different than what came with it - with essentially looked like like thorelli but had the consistency of TM (very woody). I'm excited to see that the plant is changing as it's maturing.
The dogs got me up at 7:30 on a Saturday... so I decided to take some early GH pics:
N x 'Unknown': I'm not sure what went into the making of this one. Still, it's pretty. It tends to vine rather quickly and it's a female:
N x thorelii x 'Trusmadiensis': I have high hopes the the uppers in this guy will look really nice. Here's a pitcher next to its friend 'Lady Pauline':
N. fusca: Another pitcher from this gorgeous plant from Leilani:
N x maxima x 'Trusmadiensis': At first it didn't look like it was gonna do much, but the pitchers keep getting larger and better and the leaves are a deep green:
N x truncata x spectabilis: I have a cross which is the reverse of this and they look practically identical at this time. Here's a young pitcher showing a lot of promise - candy striping, vaulted lid, long neck:
That's all for now folks!
N x 'Unknown': I'm not sure what went into the making of this one. Still, it's pretty. It tends to vine rather quickly and it's a female:
N x thorelii x 'Trusmadiensis': I have high hopes the the uppers in this guy will look really nice. Here's a pitcher next to its friend 'Lady Pauline':
N. fusca: Another pitcher from this gorgeous plant from Leilani:
N x maxima x 'Trusmadiensis': At first it didn't look like it was gonna do much, but the pitchers keep getting larger and better and the leaves are a deep green:
N x truncata x spectabilis: I have a cross which is the reverse of this and they look practically identical at this time. Here's a young pitcher showing a lot of promise - candy striping, vaulted lid, long neck:
That's all for now folks!
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carnivoure12
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very very nice Brokken, awesome pictures, the N. fusca is just spectacular!
Mine's still puny though so I've got nothing to show yet..
Is that a fusca from Sarawak?
Yus!
Some nighttime shots - they didn't come out too well, but here they are anyways:
H. heterodoxa x minor: My heli has been surviving for a while, pitchering and even flowering but it wasn't until this year when it started putting out size and color:
N x truncata x (ventricosa x aristolochioides): It's a very vigorous plant and it's sending out a flower stalk too! I suspect it's a male:
N x izumiae x 'Trusmadiensis': Here's a new pitcher coming up. It will color up until it's nearly jet black and will open with a spectacular, round peristome:
N x truncata x epphipiata: Slow grower for me, but hopefully will begin to put on size and larger pitchers. Nice, long neck, vaulted lid
H. heterodoxa x minor: My heli has been surviving for a while, pitchering and even flowering but it wasn't until this year when it started putting out size and color:
N x truncata x (ventricosa x aristolochioides): It's a very vigorous plant and it's sending out a flower stalk too! I suspect it's a male:
N x izumiae x 'Trusmadiensis': Here's a new pitcher coming up. It will color up until it's nearly jet black and will open with a spectacular, round peristome:
N x truncata x epphipiata: Slow grower for me, but hopefully will begin to put on size and larger pitchers. Nice, long neck, vaulted lid