FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hey guys! Haven't posted here in a while so figured I'd do an update on my carnivorous plant addiction I have developed a liking for nepenthes...thus why in posting in the nepenthes forums lol. I also grow other plants too such as cobra lilies a Venus fly trap and sarracenia but I digress. Here as some pics of my neps.

N. Hamata





Got her almost a month ago(confirmed female)

N. Hamata x Platychila






N.Spathulata x Hamata





N. Ventricosa/Ventrata?



N. Ventricosa x Hamata





N. Unknown hybrid





N. Copelandii





N. Hamata



Umfortumatelty this guy took a beating from the sun thus I bought an indoor grow setup. For the hamatas at night I keep the air saturated and put ice packs in their area to drop their temp. They seem to be doing fine for now but I was also hoping someone could direct me towards a solid ac unit for them that's on the smaller side and preferably around 250 or less. Any input appreciated thanks

Nice collection! Where did you find a female hamata?

From what I have seen online, there is a lot of debate about the importance of temperature drops. Some folks say that keeping humidity high is more important for overall health and pitchering, while others say it is essential for highlanders/ultra highlanders. I don't have enough experience to give proper input but for the sake of personal simplicity, I am hoping that temp drops are not extremely significant.

Lovely pitchers! I love neps too, slowly my highland tank is getting full. Latley i have been letting telling people about my peltier cooler setup. A 40$ cooler me drops to the mid 50's at night, and im sure with better heatsinks it could go lower

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Nick wrote:Nice collection! Where did you find a female hamata?

From what I have seen online, there is a lot of debate about the importance of temperature drops. Some folks say that keeping humidity high is more important for overall health and pitchering, while others say it is essential for highlanders/ultra highlanders. I don't have enough experience to give proper input but for the sake of personal simplicity, I am hoping that temp drops are not extremely significant.

Night time temp drops is important for the longterm health of Nepenthes. I've generally heard that young plants can get away with less of a temp drop. Humidity and temps are sort of two separate areas in regards to overall plant health.

@nick I've heard highlanders do require night temp drops so thus I've been trying to figure it out for some time now hopefully can get it figured out before summer arrives. Also if im not mistaken the AW clone 2 is a female

@rampplins mid 50s you say?where may i buy one of these doo hickeys from or do i need to set it up?forgive my noobiness i have never really looked into peltier as i heard you need very powerful units to cool down a grow area

Yep, 55-56 every night, and will probably work better once winter sets in and it gets a little colder in the grow room. Noobness is not a problem. Not many know about peltiers other than computer people, and I think there are only a handful of people on here who use them. I got mine from amazon, and luckily they have a bunch in the states. I just had a package wait in customs for 2 weeks before they released it, that was fun.

It is impossible to cool a room or a large area with them, but if you need a specific item or smaller space cooled then they work perfectly. They take a little bit of wiring/elecrtical know-how to set up, but it costs less than an A/C and uses less power. I just did a write-up on how I set up my highland tank, just search for peltier and you should find it