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Thanks, guys. The collection has become large. While I was putting all of the plants back in the rack last night, I actually felt a little disgusted by it. I'll be thinning the herd in the near future.
Some of those pictures are a few months old - before I added the LEDs, and were taken just prior to repotting. I've found things have been growing much better since I "dumbed down" my media: greater proportion of sphagnum, no more aquatic plant media (Nepenthes will not root in it), no more horticultural charcoal (again, the roots don't like it), coarse perlite instead of pumice, and some laterite for the ultramafic species. I recently learned of a local source for pH neutral coconut husk, which I'll likely be using in place of orchid bark in the future.
Some of those pictures are a few months old - before I added the LEDs, and were taken just prior to repotting. I've found things have been growing much better since I "dumbed down" my media: greater proportion of sphagnum, no more aquatic plant media (Nepenthes will not root in it), no more horticultural charcoal (again, the roots don't like it), coarse perlite instead of pumice, and some laterite for the ultramafic species. I recently learned of a local source for pH neutral coconut husk, which I'll likely be using in place of orchid bark in the future.
That is an amazing collection! We have the same taste in plants except for the fact that you have them and I don't.
This I agree... me too.
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Not too much to add that hasn't already been said - epic 
Very interesting tubby little glabrata pitchers - have they always been squat like that?
On your media change, there's a thread on CPUK now about orchid bark (but basically covers lots of stuff) -- I'm amazed that collectively, Nep growers haven't found more common ground with long term potting issues. Obviously there are differences in growing areas & watering regimens that must be considered but beyond that, longer-term media degradation is something we must all face (I know - this is a huge topic that has been discussed ad nauseam - so I'll stop now).
Just based on my experience over the recent past, you should start planning for add'l space - like now - LOL. Once a few of the plants go into vine mode, everything gets ugly fast. The setup goes from a reasonably nice, orderly group that you can cruise by & enjoy to something you're fighting every day. Each vine will make a determined beeline to the lights to try to ensure the growth point gets seriously damaged. And this happens at the same time that you've been longing to see what a real upper looks like - while you really want to see a pitcher, the vine is disrupting your entire growing area and also destroying the new pitchers in the lights ---- aaaaargh! Then there are the orderly, but massive plants like robcantleyi - when you think it can't possible take more space with those huge leaves -- it does.
Very interesting tubby little glabrata pitchers - have they always been squat like that?
On your media change, there's a thread on CPUK now about orchid bark (but basically covers lots of stuff) -- I'm amazed that collectively, Nep growers haven't found more common ground with long term potting issues. Obviously there are differences in growing areas & watering regimens that must be considered but beyond that, longer-term media degradation is something we must all face (I know - this is a huge topic that has been discussed ad nauseam - so I'll stop now).
Just based on my experience over the recent past, you should start planning for add'l space - like now - LOL. Once a few of the plants go into vine mode, everything gets ugly fast. The setup goes from a reasonably nice, orderly group that you can cruise by & enjoy to something you're fighting every day. Each vine will make a determined beeline to the lights to try to ensure the growth point gets seriously damaged. And this happens at the same time that you've been longing to see what a real upper looks like - while you really want to see a pitcher, the vine is disrupting your entire growing area and also destroying the new pitchers in the lights ---- aaaaargh! Then there are the orderly, but massive plants like robcantleyi - when you think it can't possible take more space with those huge leaves -- it does.
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Ah, the weather has been nice lately.. Just a few pictures from my "backyard."
S. 'Lynda Butt'
S. flava var. rubricorpora
Sarracenia
D. californica
S. 'Copper Top'
S. 'Copper Top'
S.
S. purpurea
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/89948184@N02/8944736184/]
S.
S. 'Cinnamon Tube'
S. leucophylla 'Hurricane Creek White'
S. leucophylla x umlauftiana
S. 'Hurricane Creek' x 'Adrian Slack'
S. flava var. rugelii
S. 'Cinnamon Tube'
S. flava var. rubricorpora
Sarracenia
D. lusitanicum
Darlingtonia and Winslow
S. 'Lynda Butt'
S. flava var. rubricorpora
Sarracenia
D. californica
S. 'Copper Top'
S. 'Copper Top'
S.
S. purpurea
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/89948184@N02/8944736184/]
S.
S. 'Cinnamon Tube'
S. leucophylla 'Hurricane Creek White'
S. leucophylla x umlauftiana
S. 'Hurricane Creek' x 'Adrian Slack'
S. flava var. rugelii
S. 'Cinnamon Tube'
S. flava var. rubricorpora
Sarracenia
D. lusitanicum
Darlingtonia and Winslow
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