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Does anyone here grow this species? if so, can you give me a lil care info or any other info you have about it that might be useful? I'd love some pics also if at all possible. Thanks beforehand!
The nep store I get my neps from had a couple. They said they were very easy to keep. Usually when I ask the care level, the store owner will say "they're very easy" or "they're like most neps", but if there's anything tricky about them, he might say something like, "they might slow down a bit if they get too cold." So since he just said they were very easy, I'm assuming they are like the average nep as far as care goes. I just ordered two pods of gymnamphora, so I'm interested in feedback from people that are growing it currently.
I have three plants of N. gymnamphora, and they are indeed very easy, I recommend overpotting them as they can get a good sized root sytem and watch out because they love to basal when they get bigger... Think of them as a highland N. ampullaria
In my first Nep collection from 2000 - 2007 I had a N. gymnamphora from Wistuba and that thing never grew bigger than 3" in diameter for me. Once it hit 3" that was it, years later when I gave up my plants it was still only 3"... LOL
In my new collection I have a N. gymnamphora x dubia plant and it's gone from a 6" rosette to a foot tall vine in almost a year so perhaps my N. gymnamphora clone was simply a bad one.
I have a terrible time with it too. It did great for a few years when my wife cared for it, and then it got a ton of basals and went downhill. I might take a look at the roots now, perhaps they just need a little more space.
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