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Quote[/b] (schloaty @ May 17 2005,4:00)]In that case you're looking for the typical tollerant nepenthes. Some highlanders like ventricosa, khasiana, sanguinea & alata will easily tollerate the summer highs & winter lows. There are also a couple of temperature tollerant lowlanders like ampularia and truncata if you can keep the humidity up a little bit (don't know how dry your winters get....ours get REALLY dry here in NY...I'm talkin 10 - 15% humidity)
There are also some even hardier hybrids on the market like x 'Ventrata' and x 'Miranda.' These will take pretty much anything you throw at them (though won't pitcher in really low humidity, they won't die either).
For hybrids, I have N. miranda, N. coccinea, and N. 'Judith Finn'.
They all survive in my typical household conditions, but the N. coccinea flourishes, and pitchers readily.
I live in Houston TX. The plants are in a south-facing window, with a bamboo shade which gives about 60% shade. I have them hanging in 8" pots, with a drip tray. I never let the drip tray dry.
I recently started misting them, and saw no difference.
I moved the N. 'Judith Finn' to my grow chamber, and it is pitchering like crazy now.
The N. miranda very rarely pitchers, maybe once every 8 weeks, wheras the N. coccinea produces about one new pitcher every week.
The house is always air conditioned, so it's low in humidity. The drip tray dries out very quickly.
I have heard that N. ventrata does well, too, but I have no experience with it.