October Highlanders . . .

[BigBella]

I hadn't taken shots of some of my highland Nepenthes in a while; and, as October temperatures drop at night in Northern California, these high altitude, cold-loving plants tend to show more color and "rapid" growth . . .

Nepenthes aristolochioides

Nepenthes jamban

Nepenthes macrophylla

Nepenthes villosa

 

[Nepfreak]

Beautiful babies!

 

[Veronis]

Your aristolochioides and jamban are especially gorgeous

Where/how do you grow them (indoors/sunny window/fluorescent?, outdoors/year round?)

 

[Capensis]

*Garglegargle*

 

[carnivoure12]

Spectacular! I love those, they are doing so well! and grown outdoors too. This just makes me more excited for my Jamban!

 

[Clue]

That seed-grown (I am assuming) N. macrophylla is magnificent!

 

[prmills]

I really like the mac and vllosa The rest are nice too!

 

[BigBella]

That seed-grown (I am assuming) N. macrophylla is magnificent!

Thanks all . . .

The Nepenthes macrophylla is indeed seed-grown from 2007; and the smaller plants in the pot were stragglers in terms of germination. The longest took about six months. Here is a shot of those same plants from earlier this year.

Nepenthes macrophylla -- March 2009

 

[dvg]

Yes indeedie-doo, some fine pics of some amazing young plants. Thanks for posting.

 

[Chomp]

Amazing!! Those are so COOOOOL!!!

 

[Zero]

Great neps!
macrophylla from seed, wow

 

[BigBella]

That seed-grown (I am assuming) N. macrophylla is magnificent!

Great neps!
macrophylla from seed, wow

Thanks . . .

Here is a shot of the Nepenthes macrophylla plants, a couple of months after their germination, back in 2007. The dark material behind and around the plants are dead leaves and a portion of a peat plug.

Nepenthes macrophylla seedling --2007

 

[Devon]

Very nice plants! :O

 

[theyellowdart]

Great stuff, as always.

 

[watnazn]

Do you use just pure Lfs?

 

[BigBella]

Do you use just pure Lfs?

For Nepenthes, I typically use a 2:1:1:1:1 combination of live sphagnum, peat, perlite, pumice, and orchid bark -- the same compost I use for Heliamphora. The moss, on its own, doesn't drain particularly well . . .

 

[watnazn]

Oh, cool. I'm want to try some new nepenthes mixes. Do you just use equal parts? And is it the best mix you have had so far?

 

[BigBella]

I usually use a 2:1:1:1:1 mix or thereabouts -- just as long as it drains freely; and the best compost I've used is the one listed . . .

 

[vraev]

spectacular as always BB. Man!! I wish I had one of those macros.

 

[ellisonk001]

Beautiful plants he says as he tries not to drool on the keyboard....

Thanks for sharing your photos and growing tips!