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2009 Nepenthes villosa update . . .

Well, my Nepenthes villosa is finally creeping across its 10 cm (4") orchid pot -- definitely a change from its appearance when first I received it (seen below in 2007-08) . . .

Nepenthes villosa 2009
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When that same poor sucker first arrived in 2007, delivered --no, punted, by lowland gorillas (please, no disrespect to the Great Apes):

Nepenthes villosa 2007 (the one euro coin is about the size of a quarter)_
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N. villosa 2008
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I read that it's the slowest growing of all Nepenthes. Is this true? How fast/slow does it grow?
 
Awesome. How many years of growth is that?
 
I read that it's the slowest growing of all Nepenthes. Is this true? How fast/slow does it grow?

young villosa grow pretty fast,

very nice plant the color of the pitcher is great =]] when i give mine great light it turn yellow for some reason loll i guess its different form.
 
Wow! Another fantastic plant mate. I never tire of seeing your excuisite plants. very very nice. I repeat the same question: is it a BE clone? is that the same plant in all those plants? how many years of growth?
 
Wow! Another fantastic plant mate. I never tire of seeing your excuisite plants. very very nice. I repeat the same question: is it a BE clone? is that the same plant in all those plants? how many years of growth?

Thanks for the kind words . . .

Yes. it is the same plant in all of the photos. It's origin was through a contact in the UK / Borneo Exotics in 2007, and its age is about three years. When it arrived it was smaller than a quarter, in a wad of live sphagnum the size of a golf ball, and crammed into a 35 mm film container -- much like my last flight on United . . .

In answer to another question on this thread, Nepenthes villosa is considered one of the slowest to develop, a reputation shared most commonly with N. rajah and N. macrophylla . . .
 
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