I got my first nepenthes about two years ago. A sanguinea. I struggled a little with finding the right conditions for it (and it suffered badly while I learned off the poor thing), and eventually found its home under a grow light in my bedroom. It sits in a decently humid location in the house (considering its in the house), and seems happy. Is pitchering well, and it threw off two basal shoots since then.
Last December I decided to go a little tougher, and got a n. petiolata x vogelii, made a small terrarium and put it under its own growlight in my office.
Here's it when I installed it, along with a few small ferns:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/d5WyTURUsgppE9Ao9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vU2sacchiVSkFeCq8
And here it is about five months later:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8JksR9M9VmTtpqg19
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FeeZAR4o7eheLJRo6
I've spent the past few months slowly removing the cover, getting it acclimated to less and less humidity. Eventually it will outgrow its container, and I'd like to have it not be in a terrarium at that point if possible. Here's what it looks like now (surrounded in live sphagnum moss too):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/s6ViVT9fWcfCJbwo8
I think I'm doing a good job with it, but I don't have much experience with nepenthes, so I was hoping for a second opinion. It appears to be getting a little more reddish in the leaves than most photos I see of greenhouse grown nepenthes (and than when it arrived 9 months ago). Too much light? It seems to be growing well, and pitchering nicely, so I assume its doing good with my acclimation to less humidity. Any thoughts?
I've enjoyed it so much I've got a Pink Candy Cane (Nepenthes "Song of Melancholy" x veitchii) and a burkei x hamata on its way. I was hoping to have both of them grow next to my sanguinea (after I give them some adjustment time), and not in a terrarium, if possible. We'll see though. If they need it, one or more can be companions (or replacements) to the petiolata x vogelii in the office terrarium.
Thanks for the thoughts
Last December I decided to go a little tougher, and got a n. petiolata x vogelii, made a small terrarium and put it under its own growlight in my office.
Here's it when I installed it, along with a few small ferns:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/d5WyTURUsgppE9Ao9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vU2sacchiVSkFeCq8
And here it is about five months later:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8JksR9M9VmTtpqg19
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FeeZAR4o7eheLJRo6
I've spent the past few months slowly removing the cover, getting it acclimated to less and less humidity. Eventually it will outgrow its container, and I'd like to have it not be in a terrarium at that point if possible. Here's what it looks like now (surrounded in live sphagnum moss too):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/s6ViVT9fWcfCJbwo8
I think I'm doing a good job with it, but I don't have much experience with nepenthes, so I was hoping for a second opinion. It appears to be getting a little more reddish in the leaves than most photos I see of greenhouse grown nepenthes (and than when it arrived 9 months ago). Too much light? It seems to be growing well, and pitchering nicely, so I assume its doing good with my acclimation to less humidity. Any thoughts?
I've enjoyed it so much I've got a Pink Candy Cane (Nepenthes "Song of Melancholy" x veitchii) and a burkei x hamata on its way. I was hoping to have both of them grow next to my sanguinea (after I give them some adjustment time), and not in a terrarium, if possible. We'll see though. If they need it, one or more can be companions (or replacements) to the petiolata x vogelii in the office terrarium.
Thanks for the thoughts
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