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I don't think that you should worry that much about humidity Ng. I have almost all of my neps outside (including truncata), where the RH can fluctuate between 50 and 100% almost daily, and they don't mind at all. Neps, like all plants, are capable of adapting alot to their surrundings. I'm sure that your truncata will do well in your place.
It appears to me that for them to be happy in less than ideal conditions they need a few things:
1. Time to adjust.. IE build up their root system so they are better able to take up moisture when humidity drops. And to make new leaves adapted to a harsher environment.
2. Bigger pots than would be normally necessary so that there is room for them to make a larger root system to uptake water quickly when needed.
3. Careful monitoring of the potting mix so that it is moist enough all the time to provide moisture when the plant needs it.
I have never had a Healthy Adjusted Nepenthes just suddenly drop dead if the humidity fell rapidly for a while. They may not always pitcher and the pitchers may not be as large as they could have been! So yes there are compromises.
Tony
(yes I think 65% will be fine for pitchers on a truncata but it might skip one while it is adjusting)
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