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I have grown perhaps ten Nepenthes species and hybrids from seed over the years -- primarily highlanders; and none of them posed any real difficulty -- though some took several months to germinate (seven was about the longest in my experience). I recall having received seed over Christmas break, one year, while at college, and seeing tiny plantlets only by mid-June. By that point, I had almost tossed the pots.
Of far more importance than any given Nepenthes species or hybrid, is the freshness of the seed. After only a few weeks, germination rates steeply decline . . .
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