Highland nepenthes mini greenhouse for smaller varieties.

[MatthewM]

Hi everyone, these are my first posts on this site. I want to share my newly built nepenthes "mini greenhouse." Its a 33 gallon rimless aquarium with a custom made glass top. I have suspended T5 lights over it. My purpose is to have a collection of "micro neps." Therefore I am focusing on the smaller growing species. At this point I have all highland species. Take a look!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76871168@N03/8452880264/

 

[MatthewM]

sorry, i still cant figure out how to paste the pics right in the post. if you can see them on flikr, let me know.

 

[mato]

Matthew, I can see them on flickr. Just click share > bbcode > copy the text and paste it into the forum.

 

[MatthewM]

Oh and btw, you will see in one of the photos that I have cling wrap on the top of the tank, because when I snapped those shots I didnt have the top yet. More pics with top in place and new neps to come!

 

[MatthewM]

densiflora x talangensis
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76871168@N03/8452880264/" title="ADM_1121 by TepuisJamz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8452880264_ef11327a4f.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="ADM_1121"></a>

new group of babies in matching pots.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76871168@N03/8451783839/" title="ADM_1130 by TepuisJamz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8451783839_2dcf71aea4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="ADM_1130"></a>

room for more!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76871168@N03/8452881448/" title="ADM_1129 by TepuisJamz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8231/8452881448_3ca23370fe.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="ADM_1129"></a>

entire set up, temporary cling wrap!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76871168@N03/8451780181/" title="ADM_1136 by TepuisJamz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8451780181_26f21b4082.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="ADM_1136"></a>

 

[MatthewM]

thanks mato.

 

[MatthewM]

i'm a little slow sometimes

 

[East_to_west]

Looks nice! I just made my own glass case/terrarium because I couldn't find a rimless aquarium cheap enough. Do you have any form of ventilation in there?

 

[BioZest]

Great look! I love It. Nice plants too

 

[Jcal]

What are the small nepenthes species that you have chosen?

 

[Jawn]

aesthetically pleasing, i dig it

 

[mass]

it's definitely clean! Elegant looking setup..

 

[amphirion]

i love those square black pots. couldnt find them...and when i did find them, there wasnt enough space for them to perfectly fit my ocd tendencies...so i never went with them. my ocd would also force me to purchase all square or all circular pots but not a mixture of both. hahaha. though the circle in square pot works amazingly for water holding. thanks for sharing! im also curious about what other neps are in there. i see a jamban.

 

[mato]

Very nice, Matthew. Any chance of adding some captions?

 

[Heli]

Awesome plants. Are you the same Matthew on cpuk who lives in brooklyn?

 

[MatthewM]

Heli: Yes. Im the matthew that lives in brooklyn.

The plants in the photos are: n. spectabilis x aristo, densiflora x talangensis, jamban, aristo x singalana, macfarlanei, inermis hybrid

I've added mikei and singalana x hamata, will share pics soon.

The circular pots were bought at lowes, the square pots I picked up in the flower district in NYC.

The base gravel is small-grade growstone.

 

[MatthewM]

Oh forgot to add that I have n. glabrata and n. alba in there, seen in the pics

 

[Heli]

Nice! I go to that very same lowes for my pots and other plant materials. Welcome to the forum.

 

[MatthewM]

Highland greenhouse 2-20 by TepuisJam, on Flickr

Updated photo of my mini-nep collection. Added n. mike, n. singalana x hamata and n. jacquelineae

 

[Maiden]

Nice !
The light look like perfect too.