Lance's Greenhouse mega thread

[lance]

Heres some new arrivals in rehab that have just been potted...
Female Nepenthes ventricosa X Trusmadies (however you spell it)
This plant makes my entire greenhouse smell like hawiian flower.
Mustve adapted to the environment

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Heres a pitcher of the plant...
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A Freebie Nepenthes X 'Mr Bodie' also in rehab
This one I really love the deep colored veins
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Heres the pitchers...
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Thats all for now...
I will post more pics once I assemble the RO system for my misters to prevent sediment buildup.

 

[lance]

heres some shots of some plants at a growers greenhouse that I went to

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VFT B52
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This one must be at least 10 years old
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Heliamphora overflowing
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And a darlingtonia to top it off
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[Brie]

HOLY HELIS! lol.

 

[mass]

Was that a.. lobster!?!!?

 

[thez_yo]

Whoaaa.. dang! That's some really nice greenhouse!

oh and that vent x TM

 

[Not a Number]

I regularly tape up broken flower stems and pitchers (at the base). I'd say the success rate is 80-85%. It depends a lot on the severity of the break and how soon you apply the splint/bandage. A bit of plastic drinking straw slit lengthwise and slipped over the stalk makes a good splint when needed. Hold in place with tape.

Great collection, thanks for sharing.

 

[lance]

I'd say the success rate is 80-85%.

Heres a pic of the flower. The ovary has gotten bigger and the petals are no longer floppy.
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This storage tank is for the nepenthes greenhouse. A 150 gpd system will fill the tank up at night and keep the system toped off on low flow days. If one day is a hot spell, the 33 gallon tank will still be able to supply water all day. All I need now is the pressure shutoff valve and a float valve to maintain the water level.
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New arrivals: Drosera I got from a trade (thanks Brie!) Cant recall the name now but it will come to me. Anyway they are recovering from the shock.
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Went into the greenhouse and smelled a horrid smell: my nepenthes has flowered
The good thing is the pollen can last up to a year which gives my female some time to put out a flower.

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My RO system should be fired up in a few days.

 

[Adam]

I love the peristome on that vent x TM!

 

[Brie]

The dew is a D. roseana. Looks like ithey made the trip well!

 

[lance]

I love the peristome on that vent x TM!

Its showing off its macrophylla side

I thought I would post this pic and ask you guys if this looks right. My leucoplylla flower has started to brown over the past week. I think the seeds are ready, but I am still worried.
Heres a pic



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[lance]

Finally, after years of intense work and failed attempts, I have finally put an end to all the sediment that builds up on my plants. I connected the incoming water to an RO system and connected the RO system to a trash can storage tank. I was originally gonna connect the solenoid valve to the bottom of the tank, but there wasn't enough pressure to power the misters. I got an industrial pump to power the misters from above...and success! The misters might need to be replaced from sodium buildup, but so far so good. The RO system produces more water than the misters use. Heres the whole setup:

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Heres the RO system

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Heres the shutoff valve for the RO system drilled into the storage tank

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Heres the low power pump (dont be fooled by its massive size )

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Water access valve for plant water

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Vent X Trus lovin the new misted HL conditions (the water at the bottom of the tank is COLD!)

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The whole greenhouse

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Heres the flower chamber I just fired up for late blooming august flowers


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Heres the cooling part of the chamber for the lights and the plants

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And heres the Readii X alata hybrid flower (come on, stay alive!Make seeds! )

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And to top it off heres a beautiful oreophila pitcher

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[lance]

Heres what boredom does to me in drafting class
In this sketch: N. Rajah, N. Edawrdsiana, N. Jamban, N. Ampullaria 'spotted', N. Attenbouroghii, and N. Ventricosa X Trusmadies


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[lance]

New pics of opening pitchers and new arrivals...
Female Vent X Trusmadies putting out a new pitcher

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Vigorous viner has vined out 1 foot since purchase a month ago


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Nepenthes albargmita harlequin making another basal

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Nepenthes Jac... making first pitcher!

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Nepenthes X Aeneas X (x Isle de France) beautiful pitcher back

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Sarracenia Leucophylla pitcher

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Leucophylla (another plant)

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---------- Post added at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 PM ----------

new arrivals and updates

N. Kampotiana female adapting

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N. Mirablis 'hot lips' hanging in there... hopefully
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N. Poi Dog rooting

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The power source

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French drain in the making for nep runoff

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Update to hybrid flower attempt

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Sarracenia Catesbai seedling adapting

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[cpsammich]

Holy...
How'd you afford all that stuff

 

[lance]

the solar panels were planned for some time due to PG&E
and the french drain has also been planned for some time

atleast the solar panels will pay themselves off... and now PG&E is paying us

 

[lance]

Big update!!

Some new pitchers from the plants...

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N X aeneas putting out a ton of pitchers
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N. Mirablis hot lips recouverin w/ 4 new growth points after usps chopped it off
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Nep seeds after 2 weeks nothing yet...
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N. Ampullaria doing nicely
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Poi dog cutting finally activated node
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N. ventricosa X trusmadiensis fresh new pitcher
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N. fusca X maxima female recovering after USPS fail
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N. vent X trus starting to make upper pitchers
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N. X aeneas nice intermediate /upper pitcher
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Back side
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Vent X trus reaching for the skies
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N. alata Luzon X reandwardtiana vining
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Now on to the sarrs last pitchers of the year..enjoy them while they last!!

leucophylla interesting pitcher
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group pic
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jam packed full...hard to see critters, but easy to see nice inside coloration
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S. X Swaniana showing off its purpurea genes
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S. Flava heavily veined pitcher against background of extensive minor okee X rubra hybrid
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vft typical making small traps before it goes to sleep this winter
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B52 closing up for this year
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another no id for now...
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there will be many more nep arrivals in the future so... stay tuned!!

 

[ellisonk001]

Very nice photos of your beautiful plants. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[lance]

Possible nep seedling popped up while I was away...can anyone confirm or deny this? There originally was a discarded nepenthes seed shell around the base of it... but my horrible tweezer moving skills ripped it off.

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An update to the female Thorelli X campunalata flower...if anyone has some interesting pollen please PM me


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Lance

 

[lance]

Looks like the "villosa" seeds arrived today...

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Sadly the guy that sent them to me completely lied about their orgin ...now all I can do is try and germinate them.

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I split the seeds into 3 groups...2 going to TC labs(thanks Bigbella and Heli!), and one staying with me.
Here they are in their best media of 80% washed perlite 20% washed spagnum (villosa love perlite)

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Here the batch is placed in the garage grow box with a plastic cover over top to reduce heat and provide filtered light with a drop to 50 degrees at night. Now all I am waiting for is a reptifogger to make the night time fog cover. Hopefully they germinate!

 

[mass]

Dang.. lucky dog. A very Merry Christmas indeed.