Lots of nice pictures this time around. That ventricosa in particular is very unusual, very strong hip on it. Do you know the sex of that one?
Thanks Grey Moss, she's a girl and flowers pretty regularly although I don't have time to make any crosses.
The quarter's wrapping up and I've been procrastinating like usual, must be this spring weather. I don't have a great lighting source in my apartment but tried to take some pictures because my tank stuff looks passably decent.
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Laid back
N. danseri, just opened.
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N. adnata is a slow one for me but I've finally got some size on it. This pitcher just opened today.
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Fresh
N. bicalcarata (Marudi). I've set it back a whole bunch of times although it's never died. Ironically, I've thought of this species as one of the most beautiful in the genus ever since I first read Slack's books in a local library as a kid but really haven't tried to grow it well.
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Happy
N. bellii
Took a couple of highlanders with me, I've noticed that establishing plants in tanks helps them get their roots going. They also pitcher better on the first leaves they make compared to rack growing, so I can feed them quicker and they can gain some size.
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Also I don't trust my parents with my
N. klossii. This one came with no roots as a fresh BE import, I wasn't expecting the growth to look so good so fast.
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New-ish
N. pitopangii leaf jump; heard this one was a vigorous species and it seems to show. The pitchers I fed bit the dust remarkably quickly but it looks like it got something out of it.
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New-ish
N. lowii (Trusmadi) - a seed grown from Christian Klein. This is why you feed your plants!