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High I just got a N. Maxima x Tenuis in the mail and I potted it in sphagnum moss. I'm keeping it moist. I have a couple weak lamps that are on 14-15 hours a day. This is great for my vfts but how about for the pitcher? I can send a picture later. Any advice like keeping it cool or warm?

Happy Growing, from Dillon!

Looking good... Glad it arrived safely.

bijillon wrote:High I just got a N. Maxima x Tenuis in the mail and I potted it in sphagnum moss. I'm keeping it moist. I have a couple weak lamps that are on 14-15 hours a day. This is great for my vfts but how about for the pitcher? I can send a picture later. Any advice like keeping it cool or warm?

If they are sufficient for a VFT, they should be good enough for a Nep, since VFTs need a LOT more light than your typical Nepenthes sp. And hybrids tend to be even hardier. Maxima is a really hardy species and tenuis is an intermediate/highlander so your plant should be very adaptable. I'd just say keep the temperatures around what you'd have everywhere else in the house. Mist it once or twice a day, but don't over-mist as moisture in the rosette of the plant can cause mold growth. Also, is that a clay pot?

beepybeetle wrote:

bijillon wrote:High I just got a N. Maxima x Tenuis in the mail and I potted it in sphagnum moss. I'm keeping it moist. I have a couple weak lamps that are on 14-15 hours a day. This is great for my vfts but how about for the pitcher? I can send a picture later. Any advice like keeping it cool or warm?

If they are sufficient for a VFT, they should be good enough for a Nep, since VFTs need a LOT more light than your typical Nepenthes sp. And hybrids tend to be even hardier. Maxima is a really hardy species and tenuis is an intermediate/highlander so your plant should be very adaptable. I'd just say keep the temperatures around what you'd have everywhere else in the house. Mist it once or twice a day, but don't over-mist as moisture in the rosette of the plant can cause mold growth. Also, is that a clay pot?

I have setup a humidity chamber for it. I have moved it into a plastic pot and the chamber I put it in is sorta grey so it's not in direct light. Since I have done this it has perked up and the new pitcher is about to inflate!