keeping monkey cups

keeping monkey cups#54887

By LFTal_81 -  Sun May 16, 2010 5:34 pm
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- Sun May 16, 2010 5:34 pm #54887

Hi i'm knew to the site. besides from having a VFT i also have a monkey cup. i keep the monkey cup permanently standing in water accept in winter... is this a good idea? it is been doing gr8 for 2 years now. How often do i need to re pot my monkey cup and what potting medium should i use?

Thanx guys

Re: keeping monkey cups#54901

By kittyklaws -  Sun May 16, 2010 7:16 pm
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- Sun May 16, 2010 7:16 pm #54901

Hi and welcome!

By 'Monkey Cup" I assume you are refering to Nepenthes, or tropical pitcher plants? For more care details, visit the care sheet for Neps here: http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/nepen ... -t843.html
They shouldn't be left in standing water, and many people successfully use a mix or Long fibered sphagnum moss, orchid barch, perlite, and/or live sphagnum moss. Good luck!

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Re: keeping monkey cups#54903

By Aging_Bourbon -  Sun May 16, 2010 7:35 pm
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- Sun May 16, 2010 7:35 pm #54903

Welcome!

Well you don't really need standing water, just keep the soil moist. Water them like a normal house plant. Repoting should be done ever one too two years depending on how much the soils broken down.

Allen, (aka allenc666)

Re: keeping monkey cups#54904

By LFTal_81 -  Sun May 16, 2010 7:47 pm
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- Sun May 16, 2010 7:47 pm #54904

thanx that really help

Re: keeping monkey cups#56750

By dionaea muscipula -  Fri May 28, 2010 6:19 pm
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- Fri May 28, 2010 6:19 pm #56750

good choice nepenthes are great plants! you will have a lot of fun with them, just wondering, what species of nepenthes do you have? do you know?

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