Exactly, this is what growing a nepenthes in its optimum conditions yeilds. While they may grow ok outside thier required/needed parameters growing them within optimum conditions for x/said species yeilds plants like Jeremiahs.[b said:Quote[/b] (SydneyNeps @ Dec. 14 2005,9:16)]Puts paid to the myth that rajah is a really slow grower.
[b said:Quote[/b] (agustinfranco @ Dec. 16 2005,12:55)]whoever thinks that they can grow "pitchering rajahs" in their backyard with conditions other than those found in Mt Kinabalu, must be deluding.
Gus
thats why i try to stay away from plants such as extreme highlanders and lowlanders that i think i cant grow.[b said:Quote[/b] (agustinfranco @ Dec. 17 2005,1:22)]... It's just that people in general fantasize in growing this plant in all kinds of conditions because of its reputation of having beautiful giant size pitchers in the wild...
Perhaps you can tweak conditions a little bit to adjust it to new environments, but IMO the plant is not flexible enough to grow well and pitcher in all kinds of growing conditions. (Again, i know many people who grows rajahs in different environments, but i rarely see plants with pitchers: this is what i am referring to)
Villosa and lamii are inflexible neps and so on.