Nep growing in South Africa

Nep growing in South Africa #330353

By Nepotolous -  Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:58 am
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- Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:58 am #330353

Nep pics are awesome!

so I just wanted to post some pics of my own on here for the fun of it. I've renamed some of the pics. And others are recent ones I took. And yes most of them are still small. But the beauty of it is seeing how they grow to full maturity right

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330366

By -twillyranger- -  Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:22 pm
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- Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:22 pm #330366

Looks great!

Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330378

By Nepotolous -  Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:13 pm
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- Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:13 pm #330378

-twillyranger- wrote:Looks great!

Thanks! I'll post a few updated pictures in the week to come maybe

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330694

By Nepotolous -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:48 am
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:48 am #330694

A few updates as promised

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330700

By javaliz59 -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:23 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:23 pm #330700

Great pics and beautiful neps!

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330701

By Nepotolous -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:28 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:28 pm #330701

javaliz59 wrote:Great pics and beautiful neps!

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Thanks! You have quite a few nice ones as well

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330704

By javaliz59 -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:09 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:09 pm #330704

Nepotolous wrote:
javaliz59 wrote:Great pics and beautiful neps!

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Thanks! You have quite a few nice ones as well

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Thanks. They're so beautiful...and addictive!

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330705

By javaliz59 -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:11 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:11 pm #330705

Have you found that some Neps are much touchier than others? Any that you've really struggled with?

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330819

By Nepotolous -  Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:31 pm
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- Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:31 pm #330819

They are pretty much an addiction yes... I have a ventricosa x campanulata with a few basals which struggles a bit in my conditions. The rest grows either too well or slower than the rest. But they grow none the less. My dubia x spathulata also struggles to pitcher. But it still grows and produces new leaves

Any of yours which gives you trouble?

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330863

By javaliz59 -  Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:30 pm
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- Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:30 pm #330863

Of my Highlands the N. Ventricosa, Burkei, Sanguinea, N. Talangensis x Glandulifera are growing and pitchering like nuts. Lowlands: Northiana x Bicalcarata, Reinwardtiana growing well but slower to pitch. The ones that seem to take more tlc are Highland Truncata x Talangensis (slow growing and finally tendrils are growing pitchers to be), Spathulata (again slow growing and slow pitcher development...none yet, just tendrils), another Truncata x Talangensis (slow growth of pitchers....one little pitcher). All others are growing as I would expect. With my slow growers I am trying everything I can think of....Maxsea, different food, Osmocote, more water, less water, more light, less water. I'm stumped.

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330964

By Nepotolous -  Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:03 am
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- Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:03 am #330964

@javaliz59 maybe focus a bit less on fertilizing?

perhaps they're still acclimating or something...

A few new recent ones and a seedling or two...

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330970

By javaliz59 -  Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:41 pm
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- Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:41 pm #330970

Love your pics! Thinking less focus on Maxsea would not benefit as I only spray the pitchers with highly diluted Maxsea and two don't have any and the third only has one tiny pitcher. I've had them a long time so slow acclimation is unlikely cause of slow growth and lack of pitchers. Wish that was the issue. Maybe I need to research N. Spathulata and hybrid N. Truncata x Talangensis parent plants again to see what I'm missing re: their particular requirements. It's a mystery.... Thank you for your reply and pics though. I love seeing that people world wide are passionate about these plants.

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#330973

By Nepotolous -  Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:51 pm
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- Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:51 pm #330973

Thank you... I like seeing other's neps too. And everytime I do, I go to mine to see if there's any changes

Perhaps doing more research on the parent plants would be best. I kinda just went with the easiest answers I guess. I wonder if limestone powder or something would benefit my N. ventricosa x campanulata...

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#331064

By javaliz59 -  Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:34 am
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- Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:34 am #331064

Nepotolous wrote:Thank you... I like seeing other's neps too. And everytime I do, I go to mine to see if there's any changes

Perhaps doing more research on the parent plants would be best. I kinda just went with the easiest answers I guess. I wonder if limestone powder or something would benefit my N. ventricosa x campanulata...

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Not sure about limestone powder. Haven't heard about that. But knowing me, I'm likely to research it now.
I moved my N. Spathulata under closer lights and covered with food cover (think plastic shower cap) with a few holes cut in it. It should increase humidity and temp a few degrees. It tends to be dry here in Southern California. So we'll see.

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Re: Nep growing in South Africa#332189

By Nepotolous -  Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:52 am
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- Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:52 am #332189

A few Autumn updates and three new ones. Not all taken the same day, but since the last update. N. copelandii, N. petiolata x talangensis and N. burkei x aristolochioides ...