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aea3 I N. hirsuta and a few days ago I made 4 cuttings. It is a very interesting species considering the fact that it has brown bristles covering the WHOLE plant. One thing that you have to remember is that it hates strong light more than any Nepenthes I can think of, [I grow a many of the strong light hating species(N. hirsuta, N. bicalcarata, N. ampullaria, and N. rafflesiana)]. I grow mine in a 75 gallon terrarium and above the place where it is I have two layers of 50% shade cloth(I think, not sure really sure of the percentage). It is a very nice species and worth buying. I personally got mine when I ordered N. gracilis niagrapurpea from Cascade Carnivorous Plants and they were out. So as a substitute they gave me N. hirsuta. Good luck!
N.Hirsuta is an very easy lowlander as long as you give it lots of shading and indirect light and heat and humidity. Typical lowlander so you shouldn't have too much trouble with it if you're going to grow it. Good luck!
Here is a pic of the spotted form. You can see some of the fuzz on the leaves and tendril too! N. hirsuta can get about 18" across with 7" pitchers. It needs good humidity to pitcher well.
Tony
Well RamPuppy lets start in the other direction, what kind of light source are you using. N. bicalcarata's leaves should last a good amount of time though not as long at a younger age. If all the other conditions appear to be right then the problem is likely with to be strong light. When I first got N. bicalcarata the leaves died very quicky untill I moved it under my shade choth with N. hirsuta and now its leaves have lasted a good bit longer. A good way to tell is if the leaves start to get brown patches in the middle of the leaf (not going brown from one end moving to the other which is natural) and then the whole leaf dies later. Burning is a problem with the species I mentioned above. Their is one other species I found that doesn't like strong light and that is N. macfarlanei. Oh Rampuppy, my desciption of strong light is if all your other Neps love it(grows fast and sturdily with good colouration) and the species I mention hate it then it is strong light. Lots of Luck.
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