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N. villosa

Thought I would post a picture of the latest pitcher
produced by my largest N. villosa. I've included my fingers
in the shot to provide scale. Successive pitchers are becoming
ever larger; I estimate that this plant is presently about halfway
to being fully mature.

villosa071104.jpg
 
Cool, very nice man.
Teeth always look cool

Joe
 
Lovely.

What are your nighttime temperatures?
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]What are your nighttime temperatures?
Around 3 to 5 C.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Is that a orchid basket its growing in Jeff?
Yes, it is. I use it to be sure that the mix in which this plant
grows does not become waterlogged.
 
Lovely pitcher
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N.villosa still one of my all time favorite Neps..
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cheers

bill
 
Hi Jeff
Very nice plant,when are you going to update your photos on your web site as the photos are good but the plants must be much larger now with even more amazing pitchers on them.
Your Web site is inspiring,keep up the good work.

Bye for now julian
 
  • #11
Beauty, eh!
Such a hearty looking pitcher. It's just saying, "feed me!"
 
  • #12
Glad you all enjoy the image.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Very nice plant,when are you going to update your photos on your web site as the photos are good but the plants must be much larger now with even more amazing pitchers on them.

Thanks, Julian. I don't have much time nowadays to update
the website. Also, most of the plants shown on my site are
mature, and therefore pitcher size has not changed much, if
at all.
 
  • #13
Beautiful picture Jeff. I wanted to ask you how long did it take you to get the villosa that big?. Thanks

Gus
 
  • #14
[b said:
Quote[/b] ] I wanted to ask you how long did it take you to get the villosa that big?. Thanks.

Gus, I think that this plant is about 8 years old. However, it's
worth noting that it has only begun to grow really, really well
since I've been giving it very cold nights, which is just over
the last three years.
 
  • #15
I doubt whether there is a more eloquent validation of your considerable skill as a grower than the pitcher pictured. Anyone who has experience cultivating the more difficult spp. in this genus can translate the results depicted with ease. Even with perfect conditions for alpine-type Neps, I have yet to succeed with juvenile N. villosa.

Kudos on an enviable job with a very touchy plant!
 
  • #16
i'm green with envy!

fabulous!
 
  • #17
Hmmmm.... Where'd you get it? Looks beautiful!

Thanks,
Craig
 
  • #18
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]I doubt whether there is a more eloquent validation of your considerable skill as a grower than the pitcher pictured. Anyone who has experience cultivating the more difficult spp. in this genus can translate the results depicted with ease. Even with perfect conditions for alpine-type Neps, I have yet to succeed with juvenile N. villosa.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]i'm green with envy!

fabulous!

Thanks for your kind words. Actually, if one can simply create
an environment similar to this species' natural habitat, it is not
difficult to grow. However, it is very slow, and failure to
provide the correct conditions will, at best, yield a miserable
specimen. For these reasons, I generally discourage most
growers from attempting this species.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Hmmmm.... Where'd you get it? Looks beautiful!

This species is readily available from a number of commercial
growers. The plant shown in my photo was acquired as a
small seedling, about 1 cm in diameter, a number of years ago.
 
  • #19
Hi Jeff:

Thanks for your reply. I thought the plant you have is not a young one!. In other words, it'll take years of careful cultivation for this species to produce those wonderful pitchers if you acquire a small seedling now.

Regarding being the most difficult species to grow, well i disagree!.

N. Lamii is 3 times more difficult to grow than villosa, under artificial conditions.

Gus
 
  • #20
It is interesting when one thinks difficult to grow.. I haven't found any Nepenthes difficult to grow. Difficult to replicate the conditions they want yes.. but once this hurdle is crossed the plants are very easy. To me a difficult to grow plant is one that even under ideal perfect conditions still will die in the blink of an eye 99 out of 100 times (there are quite a few orchids I have grown that would fall into this catagory).

N. villosa is a stubbornly slow plant. Years and years and years.. and many more years are needed to produce such a great specimen as Jeff has done.

I am tempted to put a chest freezer in my greenhouse!

T
 
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