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  • #101
So campanulata doesn't like the heat?? Thought they were LL plants.

Your camps are looking nice
 
  • #102
Campanulata is most definitely a lowland plant. My guess is that the "heat tolerance" that hardy is experiencing is more an effect of hybrid vigor.
 
  • #103
by definition yes, campanulata is a LL, if LL refers to altitude constraints. however, campanulata does grow on cliff walls to nearby waterfalls, which does help lower the ambient temperature significantly.
 
  • #104
Can we see some robc x campy? I'm curious as to how others are turning out, I'll post pictures of mine when the next pitcher pops.
 
  • #105
Um, yes, campanulata is definitely lowland. In winter, it does get chilling injury if grown outdoors even in subtropical Taiwan. The minimum sea-level winter temp here is about 10 degrees C (50 degrees F), and exposure to such cold will damage the plant, as documented by a fellow grower here: (in Chinese)
http://cp-toxin.blogspot.tw/2008/01/blog-post.html
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But despite its being a lowland, it hates extreme heat, which has also been documented:
http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.tw/2011/07/windowsill-nepenthes-campanulata.html
http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.tw/2011/10/windowsill-nepenthes-campanulata-update.html

I've observed this aversion to heat with my plant, which is negatively affected somewhat during the hottest months (30-35 degrees C during the day). The leaves and pitchers get smaller, and there's also a tendency for malformed leaves and pitchers. My reddish camp produces the largest pitchers at about 20 degrees C. At that temperature, the colors are most intense as well, while most of the color is gone in the hottest months.

Grown "cool" (average temp 20 degrees C -- 68 degrees F)
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Grown hot (average temp 30 degrees C -- 86 degrees F)
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So yeah campanulata doesn't like it that hot. By comparison, N. lowii X campanulata seems to be completely unfazed by the heat. It's been growing and pitchering steadily since I got it in May right to August, which also happens to be the hottest months in Taiwan.
 
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  • #106
Your wish is my command Drew!

Also here are shots of all my other campy hybrids that are currently pitchering. I've got two pure campy one AW and one BE clone, but both are tiny and not worth photographing. I've also got a N "thorelii" x campy but that has not pitchered yet in my care.

Here we go!
Old Reliable aka lowii x campanulata
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9568631394/" title="N. lowii x campy 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/9568631394_63f344423e_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. lowii x campy 8-21-13"></a>

My two AW campanulata x maxima
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565841243/" title="N. campy x maxima AW 2 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/9565841243_f02b84386e_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. campy x maxima AW 2 8-21-13"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9568640242/" title="N. campy x maxima AW 1 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/9568640242_d171595c8e_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. campy x maxima AW 1 8-21-13"></a>

My two merrilliana x campanulata
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565832415/" title="N. merrilliana x campy 1 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2877/9565832415_432d5e6632_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. merrilliana x campy 1 8-21-13"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9568623048/" title="N. merrilliana x campy 2 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/9568623048_a822d2b83a_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. merrilliana x campy 2 8-21-13"></a>

N. "Carmen"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565820415/" title="N. spathulata x campy "Carmen" 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/9565820415_54a052ed0f_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. spathulata x campy "Carmen" 8-21-13"></a>

N. "Menehune"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565817737/" title="N. ventricosa x campy "Menehune" 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9565817737_7725793a32_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. ventricosa x campy "Menehune" 8-21-13"></a>

N. campanulata x robcantleyi KoS 1
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565827213/" title="N. robcantleyi x campy 1 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3745/9565827213_59646ab9f1_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. robcantleyi x campy 1 8-21-13"></a>
N. campanulata x robcantleyi KoS 2
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565824937/" title="N. robcantleyi x campy 2 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/9565824937_668c870226_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="N. robcantleyi x campy 2 8-21-13"></a>
And side by side
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77832855@N08/9565823133/" title="N. robcantleyi x campy Comparison 8-21-13 by mcmcnair, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/9565823133_5593ee9149_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="N. robcantleyi x campy Comparison 8-21-13"></a>

Hope you all enjoyed!
 
  • #107
I'm digging that second campy x maxima
 
  • #113
N. campanulata cutting in live sphagnum moss that took! :-O





Probably will have to transplant it when trimming the moss as it is too close to the corner.

 
  • #114
i don't know which is better, the campy cutting or that beautiful sheet of sphagnum :D
 
  • #115
That red moss is so pretty! And the campanulata cute :)

Speaking of rooting campanulata cutting in live sphagnum moss, I've found this to work very reliably with medium to large sized cuttings. However, it doesn't seem to work with very small ones. Several times I've tried sticking 2-cm diameter cuttings in live sphagnum, but no success so far. This is what remains after several failed attempts...
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Couple days ago I moved them to vermiculite, not hoping much but who knows if these might be salvaged.
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  • #116
Latest addition to my tiny collection: N. truncata X campanulata

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Really looking forward to seeing it mature :)
(Some photo links of the mature pitcher: 1, 2)
 
  • #117
That is a fantastic hybrid, I've never seen it before!
 
  • #118
just a pitcher of my little baby. will take a few more months before im brave to post the entire plant...
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  • #119
Hardy are you sure that's not a campanulata x robcantleyi? That dark toothy peristome should be a giveaway.
 
  • #120
Hi Mason, according to the seller the plant is a rooted basal of his truncata X campanulata from EP. His plant is mature and has flowered for him. As for campanulata X robcantleyi, there was a batch of plants available here recently, but plants in that batch were on the small side. So, yes, I'm pretty sure it's not camp X rc. :)
 
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