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Medusa loves moss, pics inside

Clint

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I finally got my Medusa to pitcher. I've never had a fussier Nepenthes but looks like she's finally settling into her mossy home and digging her tendrils down into the Sphagnum.


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Hi, love your "Medusa". I have a "Medusa" also but has not produced pitcters yet. It is also doing the same thing with tendrils growing into moss/producing plenty of leaves, no pitchers yet. Taking a long time to settle in; am growing in lowland conditions due to the "Belli" influence. Needs higher temps maybe, seems to be doing better. Humidity always greater than 75% and higher at night. By the way, nice looking sphagnum moss. Is it just top dressing or completely planted with? Looks real good.
 
I gave up on Medusa and traded it and it's cutting for two Sarracenia :).

Very nice though.
 
Thanks for the compliment on the sphagnum. It's in straight dead LFS with a layer of live LFS on the top. I can't see the point in planting in all live LFS because everything under the top layer is going to die anyway because light can't get to it.

I actually have a whole gallon of sphagnum in the NASC auction right now. Wink Wink.
 
wow....it looks great buddy! man!! I love that moss! :D
 
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man! I just can't take my eyes off that plant JLAP, that is just beautiful. THe perfect looking nep. WOW..all the leaves are nice and ordered. Everthing green and a nice budding pitcher. WOW! :D
 
N. Medusa takes a LONG time to acclimatise. I got mine last April and it only produced its first pitcher this March! Recently, the temperature went up to 90F and RH was about 55%-75%...but here's the second pitcher it produced in mid-air. :-O

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man! I just can't take my eyes off that plant JLAP, that is just beautiful. THe perfect looking nep. WOW..all the leaves are nice and ordered. Everthing green and a nice budding pitcher. WOW! :D



Lol, I'm glad you didn't notice that dead leaf and the ones with light damage on them. It look a while before it got used to the metal halide.
 
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how many diff mediums did you try it in before getting it to work in the sphag? Sphag isn't really a preferred medium...
 
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It was formerly in 1/1/1 lfs/bark/perlite and since I moved my terrarium to the basement and uncovered it by 50% I have to water more, but my schedule doesn't allow that so everything is now in straight LFS. It has to retain enough moisture to go 5 days without watering, and that's pushing it.
 
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