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Plantman818

Hey guys just wanted to update you all on my nepenthes addiction so I just got a new hamata check it out!

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I also got my plants under a new setup so they could get more light and so far its worked great on all my other plants as they've shown a lot of progress for just having the light 3 days. Humidifier should be here tomorrow so that way I could take my plants out those ugly plastic bags :D will do another update some time after I see how the humidifier works out let me know any and all thoughts thanks!
 
Greetings Sashoke! I don't really worry on the night time drops too much at the moment as on its own it gets to 60-65 but during the summer I keep the a.c. running at 67 At night. My other nepenthes including the other pure hamata have seemed to be doing fine in it but it grows so slow so its a bit to soon to tell 😁
 
Plantman818 said:
Greetings Sashoke! I don't really worry on the night time drops too much at the moment as on its own it gets to 60-65 but during the summer I keep the a.c. running at 67 At night. My other nepenthes including the other pure hamata have seemed to be doing fine in it but it grows so slow so its a bit to soon to tell 😁
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I will say from personal experience it can seem like plants are doing perfectly fine for a year or two in the conditions you described. The winters hold them over just long enough to live until the next one. Then suddenly they fall ill rapidly. I dont want to scare you but if you want to keep highlanders Id suggest working towards a longer term growing solution. ??? otherwise intermediates are optimal windowsill growers.

With plants your size a very easy solution is to hang ice packs above the plants at night, works well enough until they get large. I can get local temps down to 50 all night doing this, the more ice you hang the longer it will stay cold.
 
I see. I've always been under the impsession that these guys weren't too fussy on the temp drops like other highlanders but I suppose itd be best to look for a more permanent solution
 
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I see. I've always been under the impsession that these guys weren't too fussy on the temp drops like other highlanders but I suppose itd be best to look for a more permanent solution
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Oh no, hamata is definitely fussy about nighttime temp drops. That, and small ones are pretty demanding when it comes to humidity as well.

I'd recommend vogelii as a species perfect for windowsills.
 
Sashoke said:
Ive never heard this before, does vogelli not care about temp drops?
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It's an intermediate/highlander that, from personal experience, grows perfectly fine on a windowsill. In fact, mine never even had the delay in growth that most neps experience after getting into a new environment, even though I immediately put it on a windowsill (not the best of ideas, since I didn't know what humidity the seller had it growing in). It pitchers great, gets progressively larger leaves, and grows at a decent rate at ambient humidity, which for me is usually between 30-40%. It's typical for a person's house to experience some temperature drop at night compared to during the day, so I wouldn't say the plant doesn't care about it, only that the minor temp drop typical in a house is good enough.

As an added bonus, it is absolutely beautiful and stands out from the other species that grow well on windowsills, such as ventricosa and maxima. It's also one of the few species that has equally attractive yet distinct upper and lower pitchers, so no long wait for the best pitchers, and no losing the best pitchers once you've had it for a few years. It's all good!

The only downside is that it is a bit more pricey than most of the other windowsill plants, and harder to come by.
 
I guess I’m lucky! I’ve never had my cat do more than knock a plant over which I solved by putting a perch by another window for him.
I’ve been thinking of getting another cat though and y’all are making me nervous [emoji23][emoji12]


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I’ve also heard that hamata isn’t extremely picky about low night temps. I mean they definitely need it...but down to 50? I don’t think that’s needed. I’d try to keep them at your low of 60 if possible and I agree Sumner temps need to come down. But I don’t think it’ll suffer. I keep mine on the warmer side of my tent so it stays about 55-57 at night...instead of 48-52 (didn’t seem to especially like 48 degree nights).


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