Whoa! Chris Himself....
I am a little confused now....
in your other thread: N. Talangensis
http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=966857#post966857
you corrected me about this plant, saying:
I think feeding has induced pitchering on my Talangensis. I have no shortage of pitchers and my pitchers grow as big as the leaves do....
But here you write:
Does anybody want my talangensis then lol. Based on what I found on this forum, I have little to no hope for it at all. ...my Alata... grows circles around it. I understand what people say when it's a slow grower, 1 month and no sign of even pitchering! I have one new leaf. I have no idea how some of you guys do it. Fertilizer or not, this thing is slow. Wish I had some pitchers on it to feed.
So what is going on? I stood corrected, but now I don't understand what you are saying, as your posts seem to conflict each other.
(I am going on 4 hours sleep, so I am sure I am just not understanding something simple, but it would be nice to know what the situation really is. If you have no shortage of it pitchering, why do you say
"1 month and no sign of even pitchering".) I don't get it!
I know I may be interpreting things incorrectly, especially in my current state of mind, but in one post you are implying that the plant isn't doing well, and in the other, that it is doing great! Maybe someone can tell me if it reads this way or not to them too. We are talking about Talangensis in both... and there isn't mention of a second Talangensis plant....
Well, I am going to take a nap. This is all too much for me to understand!
Oh, as far as a Nep. I can't seem to get right.... I really wouldn't make that kind of statement. Some tiny plants like BBella's Jac & Villosa have been tricky for me also, and while the baby Jac I have isn't out of danger yet, my Villosa is finally coming along, but I know things can be very unpredictable. For example, I had a Bical going great for about 5 years, even thru neglect and bad mojo, (I used to throw hunks of it away as I didn't know who to give it to!) but when I "messed with things" a few years ago to "improve" my lighting and humidification in that terrarium, the Bical died outright! (Even going back to the old lighting and humidifying system was too late. By the time I saw the damage, it was too late!)
So, again, as far as "a Nep I can't seem to get right", that implies trying repeatedly with one type, and repeatedly failing.
As for me, I am trying another Bical or two. (Sometimes a plants death is simply my own fault too, as I have my life interfering with my growing activities at times. That has nothing to do with a difficult plant, as opposed to life getting in the way!)
Good luck all!