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Nepenthes packed in pure peat...

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Spectabilis73

Hi. all my Nep. are in their preferred soil, except two. these are the neps. that I "Rescued" from osh. and is the same plant in "Unknown Nepenthes"(acually, there was two, but they look exacly alike pitchers and all.)
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but they were in pure packed peat, and the soil drains very slowly.
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any of you have a special soil mix so I can keep them alive? and what size of a pot should I transplant them into?Thanks,
Spectabilis73
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I have never transplanted a Nep. before and I an kinda nervous...any special way to do this? will root shock kill them? Do I need to wash off all of the peat before I transplant them?
Please everyone reply I do not want to lose these Special Neps!
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They are unknown and might be very rare! (even if it isn't rare it is a living thing.)
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oh and can anyone transfer the pic in "Unknown Nepenthes" to this page? (make sure the pic is stays on the old topic, too) Thanks
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Here is Spectabilis 73's picture of his Nepenthes hybrid.

Cannot post the pic but here's the URL to the pic.

Unknown Nepenthes

Looks like it has some Veitchii in it.



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can someone else try it? I tryed like eight times
 
Geocity's will not link pics so you must post the hyperlink to the picture site.

Nep pic.
 
spectabilis73, take the Nep. out of the pot pull as much moss from around it until you see some of the roots showing. then place it into your potting mix that you have made up. you will want to leave the moss around then root to prevent it from going into shock in the new mix. hope that help
 
It looks pretty similar to the pitchers on my N.x Judith Finn (spathulata x veitchii). Does your mystery plants persitome turn red or purple after the lids open fully?
 
spectabilis 73

That's an interesting hybrid. It appears to have a peltate leaf from what I can see of the photo.
 
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I see it!
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Superb observation Rob! Could it be Clipeata hybrid? Clipeata x Veitchii?
 
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I dunno... My x Ventrata has even more peltate leaves than that... Thers actually about a mm of leaf before the tendril starts (counting from the end tip, inward), so I'm not sure if It has to have parents with peltate leaves... For something so slight, I would think that its just a bit of varieation within the plant itself... I could be wrong (and usually am), I'm just saying... I dunno... If it was part clipeata, I think that it would be more dramatic... And the pitcher itself would have a bit more of a ventricose appearance too, wouldn't it?
 
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yes, they did. one new one just started to open opened 3 days ago. but I don't see the red on the persitome yet,except on the older one.It took about a week to get the full color.it is very,very red!same with the peristome. maybe I can get a pic of my plants. on the second pitcher (on plant #1) I see the same red on the pitcher, but not on the peristome yet.

P.S. My second "mystery" plant just got its first mature pitcher about the same time the first one did. (the first one has the red pitcher in the pic.), but it didn't get the red peristome,but they are exactly alike.(but the second plant never did get much light, the leave the pitcher is on is shading it,lol.)
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did I explain it correctly? anyone get what I'm saying?
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Greg, I see what your saying, some Neps DO drop the tendril off the leaves but it is not considered peltate. Peltate is near halfway on a mature or near mature specimen that is known to produce the phenominon. Clipeata will make the tendril insertion once it gets older, my young Clipeata only has heart-oblate shaped leaves ATM. But should soon be more CLipeata like.
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My Rajah already has the peltate leaves and should continue to drop them further back. And your not wrong.
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You just observant so don't say "I am usually wrong" becasue your not.
 
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gracilis,

You're right. I should really have said "starting to show peltate characteristics" For an immature plant it's interesting. True, some species drop the tendril just before the end of the leaf like that, but not usually at such an early stage. The N. clipeata I have does not show any such characteristics until the plants are about 10" across.
 
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yeah! it worked! now I'll be able to post lots of pics!
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How did you do it?
 
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My plant was sold by the Little Pot of Horrors company and was started in peat with a little deli cup over the pot... and a ID tag which said "Sundew" (no I'm not kidding)!
I grew it in lowland conditions since January but it stayed pretty small with deforming leaves and small pitchers. Once I got the highland tank setup in June I moved it there and it has doubled in size (it's about 12") and the pitchers (4") last much longer but they develop much slower and the leaves no longer deform. The peristome under 280 watts of compact flourescent is so dark maroon/purple it's almost black but the pitchers never get more color than the slight red blush on the "neck" with the rest of the pitcher being light green/yellow.
 
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