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I think it looks very nice. N. sibuyanensis is one of my favorite Nepenthes. Just curious, roughly how long are the tendrils on yours at the moment? And do you have a BE clone, or a plant from another source?
And with a nice backdrop giving an almost wild environment feel..
Have you changed you conditions for this species since you have been growing it? More or less light?
Mine is still a slow grower, with the first couple of pitchers produced this year just lasting a short time before going black
I am hoping as summer progress's they will last a bit longer and get larger (fingers crossed!!).
Patrick, the tendrils are less than 10 cm long. I got this plant from Joachim Nerz, so chances are high that Andreas sells similar clones (they often travel together).
Bill, the plant is still sitting in a less bright spot of my terrarium although Rob and others mentioned that very high light levels should be better. This plant grows very small, I think it is only the second pitcher this year...
Joe, what is an ENT - could I feed it to my plants? (Sorry only have read 'Hobbit' many years ago...)
Lovely photos Joachim, did you use flash? I think not with the backlighting. Very nice composition too with the moss etc.
BTW, do you get the impression that N. sibuyanensis doesn't produce pitchers unless the tendril comes up against something hard? In your case it appears that the tendril came up against the pot. It's something I've noticed in the nursery but I'm not sure if it's a rule.
"If" the pitcher needs to rest against something to form(which would be a great evolutionary tactic to producing huge pitchers w/o uprooting the plant), would that mean it is unlikey to have uppers? I don't know what this species has for types of pitchers, just speculating.
Joe, about upper pitchers, I belive it does produce them...thought I remembered seeing a wild photo of an upper N. sibuyanensis pitcher....can anyone back me up or disprove me?
That's an interesting thought Joe. I spent several weeks in the habitat for N. sibuyanensis and never saw an upper pitcher that I recall. Didn't think much about it at the time but now I'm wondering...
Rob, sorry didn't see your first post. The picture was taken with natural sunlight from the back. My plants get full sun for about 8 hours every day. This is the ugly backside of the pitcher:
The tendris is compressed and it is attached from the side into the pitcher. Initially I didn't expect this pitcher to inflate after seeing this deformation but it developed quite well.
As far as I remember a discussion with Christian, he also mentioned that pitchers only form when the tendril is pressed into the soil. So he directs the developing tendrils into the pots of the plants by hand.
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