Thought this was interesting... The first N. ventricosa x talangensis upper pitcher drooling like crazy!
Actually, they are not "uppers" until the plant has gone into the vining stage, which won't likely happen for at least a year. (assuming we are talking about your ventXtalangensis seed grown youngin) you will know when it has moved on to the true vining/uppers stage when the internodes increase dramatically, and the pitcher morphology shifts into something very different looking. Until then, these are still of lower pitcher morphology.
Nice pitcher and have fun with that sugarcane!
But that will look pretty suspicious...
I thought mine was in a vine and those are the uppers, but perhaps not. There are no curls in the tendrils. They do take a lot longer to start forming though, and they do look a heck of a lot different than the ones produced by the basals! The plant is about 14" tall, the nodes started spacing out about 2" or so opposed to the 1/2" or less spacing when still a rosette. Some of the leaves immediately after the rosette stage are spaced maybe 3" or more, but they started clumping together again the last few leaves. I'll try to get a picture of the entire plant. If these aren't uppers and I'm pleased with these, I wonder what the true uppers will be like!
My local police helicopter always flys over and usually HAPPENS to circle my house once or twice every couple of days...my metalic shade cloth on top and shrubs on the inside probably dont help my file!
Great looking set up. I too love the combo of exotic edibles and exotic carnivores. Seems like a natural fit. Do make sure not to actually "eat" the sugarcane...it's loaded with fiber if you catch my drift! My first sugarcane ended similar to this thing:
My local police helicopter always flys over and usually HAPPENS to circle my house once or twice every couple of days...my metalic shade cloth on top and shrubs on the inside probably dont help my file!
Ahh, perhaps yours HAS started its vining stage. I was under the impression your plant was a much younger seedling. In general, uppers become a lot more bland than lowers, N. lowii hybrids and the sort excluded. Time will tell!
My nep seeds haven't germinated after two months. I think they're duds.
Looks great Pineapple. Dont give up on the nep seed. I had some just start to germinate after a couple of months on the media.
In a pot of N. tentacultata seed, I see I have a few late starters germinating this week. The seeds were sown October 21, 2011.
Argghhh great thread! Although it makes me a bit sad, wish I had this kind of space and equipment! Thanks for sharing, it looks great.
I've also sown tomatoes, gourd, thyme and a couple of different stuff this year. Some like the tomatoes have grown huge, can't wait to collect some fruits. Good luck with yours!
I SOOOO want a greenhouse! Things look great