Hello everyone!
I'm new to this forum, although I've been on the CP Listserve for a while. I like what I've seen so far! For those of you who don't know me - my name is Amori Watanabe and I'm a 19 year old with an undying affinity for plants and wildlife.
Back to the topic. I bought a N. campanulata x veitchii plant from Cook's Carnivorous Plants (Orig. MT - Clone NE-97A) a few months ago, as a "3 inch potted". Was I surprised when I dug through the last pieces of packaging! I received a 9" plant, with one 2" pitcher. Anyhow, I stuck it into my lowland terrarium. The pitcher that was on the plant looked like an eloganted campanulata pitcher with a less flared opening. It was plain green and died within a few days in my conditions, but the plant seemed to boost its growth after repotting and applying fertiliser to the soil (BioGold - I'll post something on this later if anyone is interested). New pitchers started to develop, and increased in size with each one. As you can see in the picture below, the pitchers get much larger than straight campanulatas, and are more colourful. The peristome seems to become a little thicker with each pitcher too, thanks to the veitchii "blood"
. Note the underside of the lid: looks alot like that of N. veitchii x lowii, don't you think? So far, it has proved to be a true lowlad hybrid. I need to get a camera with better macro features... Good Growing!
I'm new to this forum, although I've been on the CP Listserve for a while. I like what I've seen so far! For those of you who don't know me - my name is Amori Watanabe and I'm a 19 year old with an undying affinity for plants and wildlife.
Back to the topic. I bought a N. campanulata x veitchii plant from Cook's Carnivorous Plants (Orig. MT - Clone NE-97A) a few months ago, as a "3 inch potted". Was I surprised when I dug through the last pieces of packaging! I received a 9" plant, with one 2" pitcher. Anyhow, I stuck it into my lowland terrarium. The pitcher that was on the plant looked like an eloganted campanulata pitcher with a less flared opening. It was plain green and died within a few days in my conditions, but the plant seemed to boost its growth after repotting and applying fertiliser to the soil (BioGold - I'll post something on this later if anyone is interested). New pitchers started to develop, and increased in size with each one. As you can see in the picture below, the pitchers get much larger than straight campanulatas, and are more colourful. The peristome seems to become a little thicker with each pitcher too, thanks to the veitchii "blood"