September pics

[homer]

Here's a few of the utrics that I grow.

This tricolor is growing in a typical nepenthes mix, with no water tray, and is doing well. I have the same clone in another terrarium in peat moss with a high water table. We'll see which one blooms first

Finally got this growing well... it needed peat moss instead of typical nepenthes mix (duhh).

-Homer

 

[kayaker78]

I can remember when I had plants like those... life was so much better... never watched TV just stared at my plants when I got board looking for new leaves...

 

[jimscott]

Nice pics! How do you winter them? When is their time for flowering?

 

[rattler]

very cool. i just recieved those species not long ago. i was a bit worried about the color of my 'Yog-sothoth' but they look just like yours so it must be normal. very nice plants. i hope reniformis establishes for me. i just noticed the other day that my paulinea is spreading and my calycifida 'Mrs. Marsh' appears to be sending up a flower stalk so all in all its been a good month for me Utric wise. hopefully i can get them all through the winter. how are you growing all yours? they appear to be in with Neps and going by the Heli you have atleast some in a highland setup.

Rattler

 

[homer]

Quote[/b] ]How do you winter them? When is their time for flowering?

I winter them in my living room with no specail heating or cooling. Photoperiod changes a bit, and seasonal temperatures in the living room, from highs of low 80's F in summer to low 70's F in winter.

As for flowering, I wish I knew lol. All the utrics here are young, as in their 1st year of growth in their present containers/conditions.

Quote[/b] ]they appear to be in with Neps and going by the Heli you have atleast some in a highland setup.

Yes and no Rattler. They are with my Neps, but the Heli are not in a highland setup. All these utrics here along with my Neps and Heli's are in a single 50 gallon terrarium.

-Homer

 

[jimscott]

Living room? Really? Wow! That's easy. So the most important factor is photoperiod? A few of recently acquired a bunch of epiphytic Utrics and I'd venture to say that we have a few questions about wintering our plants.

 

[Starman]

My reniformis is doing absolutely rubbish.................
All its leaves have gone, I accidently snapped 2 of them them.

The other one died.
I read that they grow back their leaves if they are destroyed, but I odnt see any new leaves..................
The only thing thats growing on them is stems with bladders through the bottom of the pot.

 

[homer]

Starman, as long as there are bladders growing through the holes of the pot you are in good shape! My reni grows 1 leaf, then the previous one dies after awhile... the leaves get progressively larger each time.

Just be patient, soon there will be a leaf I'm sure of it.

-Homer

 

[IceDragon]

My reni just started to grow one leaf after 5 months, lol. This is one slow plant... I wonder how long it will be before my asplundii starts to grow a new leaf....

 

[rattler]

took over a month and a half before i saw a new leaf on my asplundii. something like 46 or 47 days. from the time i got it and potted it up to the time a second leaf poked through. it now has 2 of them. the new one is still 1/2 the size of the first and it poked up about 2 weeks ago. it is very slow. but atleast its growing.

Rattler

 

[IceDragon]

Whohoo, see the new leaf?

They are growing on my windowsill in 6 inch pots. The asplundii is to the left and as you can see has only one leaf... -.- Though I found the broken off tuber and noticed that it has some roots on it now.

 

[Kirkscoastalcarnivores]

wow, those are huge, I bet they have a good root system with big old traps, anyway im about to get my first tricolor (yay!)

 

[ChronoKiento]

Whoooaaa everything is so cool!