Funny thing is that now, starting March 2005 up to date, I have well over 23 nepenthes. But my love for these wasnt in 2005, it was really when I was in elementry school. I saw books of these beautiful plants and read about them. All of this when i was about in 5th grade. The thing is that I wanted to get some so bad but I really didnt know where to get them from. So i really couldnt do any growing till I was about in 9th grade in high school. I got my first nepenthes at home depot. As soon as I got it, thats when my love for them expanded and I did all this research on them, such as cultivation, history, ect...
I had a simple terrarium set up and I ended up getting about 5 more. Each one a differnet hybrid(funny huh). At times there will be 6"+ nepenthes available, so I took advantage. A time came when I went off on vacation, next thing i know they all died!
I took a break for about 3-4 years then i got my first credit card at the age of 18, well actually 3-4 monthes into my 18th b-day. Then ebay came up. This is when i actually got into them again. As of now i spent well over $650.00 on just nepenthes. But when someone loves what they are doing, it really doenst matter.
I had a simple terrarium set up and I ended up getting about 5 more. Each one a differnet hybrid(funny huh). At times there will be 6"+ nepenthes available, so I took advantage. A time came when I went off on vacation, next thing i know they all died!
I took a break for about 3-4 years then i got my first credit card at the age of 18, well actually 3-4 monthes into my 18th b-day. Then ebay came up. This is when i actually got into them again. As of now i spent well over $650.00 on just nepenthes. But when someone loves what they are doing, it really doenst matter.