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Easy plants
- Thread starter 7santiago
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'Ile de France'...a lot of the hybrids are really easy to keep in a lot of conditions.
Hehe, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. All neps and plants in general to me are beautiful.
N. alata comes to mind as a straight species, N. gracilis...actually to tell you the truth, it really depends on who you are. Most neps are pretty easy to take care of in my opinion, the only ones that you really need to look out for are the true and ultra highlanders that need quite a temp drop. Even then, depending on where you live and where you grow, it varies.
Hehe, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. All neps and plants in general to me are beautiful.
N. alata comes to mind as a straight species, N. gracilis...actually to tell you the truth, it really depends on who you are. Most neps are pretty easy to take care of in my opinion, the only ones that you really need to look out for are the true and ultra highlanders that need quite a temp drop. Even then, depending on where you live and where you grow, it varies.
jimscott
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Like Jimscott said, sanguina is very easy. In my rather limited experiance with nepenthes (6 plants) IT was one of about two that immeadiatly started pitchering when I brought it home. Also Judith Finn is easy to keep alive, the demands to make it pitcher seem to me to simply make it around 60% humidity
Yeah sanguinea is an awesome nepenthes! I love mine so much! The leaves aren't any longer than 5 inches yet and the pitchers are only about an inch long but it has TWO BASAL SHOOTS. It's a really fast growing healthy little guy! I've heard that they get HUGE too! They grow very fast as well, I'm so glad I chose it as my first nep.
I havnt misted mine for months lol, and it has a lot of pitchers on it[b said:Quote[/b] (7santiago @ Aug. 12 2005,9:44)]maxima is nice but needs frequent misting
What you can do is top dress the soil with live spaghnum and use a free draining mix, since I did that mine has pitchered a lot more then normal
The spaghnum will provide all the humidity....but it must be kept moist or it wont work
Well they are tied in pitchers produced, I got the N. ramispina 3-4 weeks after the N. sanguinea, and the N. sanguinea only has one leaf left that can pitcher right now, the N. ramispina is starting to make 3 more pitchers.[b said:Quote[/b] (7santiago @ Aug. 13 2005,9:13)]But does ramispina pitcher as good as sanginea? what is the fastest grower out there ?
easy ones for me have been, N. x ventrata, N. x Miranda, N. bongso, N. veitchii "highland/striped peristrome" if i keep it good and humid does wonderful for me as does N. ampularia "speckled". it relly depends on where you live and what temps you keep your house. i have the best luck with hybrids and easy highlanders like the bongso and veitchii cause my house is fairly cool. ppl in Florida will probably have better luck with lowlanders. just depends
I second that comment - your particular environment will have a big impact on what plants do well. Where I live, sometimes the summers are humid, but for the last 3-4 years they've been very dry. Some of the 'easier' species pitcher poorly compared to others in those conditions. Further, some species will grow brilliantly for me for several years, then sulk for several years, then grow well again etc.
Another thing to remember is that a lot of information around is dated, and arises from those species that have been in cultivation for a long time. Accordingly, alata, maxima, ventricosa and sanguinea get referred to often as very easy to grow. But those species have just been commonly grown for a long time, so have built up this entrenched view, because they were being compared to the relatively limited pool of species that were in common cultivation.
Now there are many more species available, and some species which were rare (which people often associate with them being difficult) are now common, and easier to grow than the traditional favourites in certain types of conditions.
All I can say is, try anything that would generally fit in your local conditions, and see if it works for you. What may be a pesky species for someone else may be a breeze for you, and vice versa.
Another thing to remember is that a lot of information around is dated, and arises from those species that have been in cultivation for a long time. Accordingly, alata, maxima, ventricosa and sanguinea get referred to often as very easy to grow. But those species have just been commonly grown for a long time, so have built up this entrenched view, because they were being compared to the relatively limited pool of species that were in common cultivation.
Now there are many more species available, and some species which were rare (which people often associate with them being difficult) are now common, and easier to grow than the traditional favourites in certain types of conditions.
All I can say is, try anything that would generally fit in your local conditions, and see if it works for you. What may be a pesky species for someone else may be a breeze for you, and vice versa.
