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Baby V

Starting to look the part :)
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Av
 
Houston!!! WE HAVE TEETH!!! :D

fantastic mate... fantastic!!
 
very nice. mine's is no where near yours. although it does have a basal :)
 
Thanks V, Amp.... knock on wood it seems to be growing at a pretty good rate IMHO

Av
 
awww what a cute little pitcher!
 
Great plant and my favorite Nepenthes. My plant was terribly tiny when I received it but is also beginning to look the part. I'm sure it will do great under your care . . .
 
Beautiful plant. It's already starting to show that amazing peristome!
 
Butch...that plant in your link...this is a family site...it's verging on inappropriately attractive it's so hot looking!

:-))

Now I want to get one, but I don't want to deal with putting the little bugger in the fridge every night.
 
  • #10
hehehehe such a tease huh Zu ;)

Well I dont do that, nor do I do frozen water bottles.... but to be fair I do have a basement :)
 
  • #11
hehehehe such a tease huh Zu ;)

Well I dont do that, nor do I do frozen water bottles.... but to be fair I do have a basement :)

:lol:


How cold does it get in your basement? It's 75ish during the day and upper50s/lower60s during the night for n-3 months of the year here (and a touch cooler for 2 months of the other 9) which sounds warmer, at least at night, than most people have their villosas. If it's not...well then, I should have bought one instead of an overly expensive macrophylla instead!
 
  • #12
winters are low 50's, maybe high 40's on the coldest nights (-20f)... summers are 70-ish
No night time drop to speak of, just seasonal variances

Butch
 
  • #13
Huh, in that case...it requires really high humidity at daytime and saturation at night though, doesn't it? They don't cost too too much so maybe I'll give 'em a try when I have spare money again...
 
  • #14
I dunno Zu, it sits on the rack with everything else in my collection.... one thing is i used an unglazed Terracotta orchid/lotus pot, so it has vertical drainage/ventilation slits and and is also constantly cool from evaporation (I always have airflow in my plant rack)

It may be helping to keep the roots cool
 
  • #15
It seems like I should pot helis, nep villosa and cobra lillies in pure perlite or pumice with a strand or a couple of lfs up the center, sitting in a pot of water, like I keep the one ping I've been able to keep alive. Maybe I'll try it as an experiment with a nep villosa the next time I see two on sale somewhere...having a big reservoir of water sitting there really helps to mediate the temperatures (like Lake Geneva keeps Geneva cool) because I'm not sure I want to water *every* day. :suspect: I'm up for experimenting for the greater good though...
 
  • #17
Considering the temps it's growing in, I might try one of these one day.....;)
 
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