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Post by bifurcatum on Apr 11, 2007 14:25:43 GMT 8
I bought this from Fauzi  whole plant  new leaf   So did this plant looks healthy??  |
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Post by 3sgjeffery on Apr 11, 2007 15:15:42 GMT 8
I think they are normal. WAH! your Truncata is HUGH!!!  Envy, when is mine going to reach that size? Hey i got another question. how come your Truncata grow that height?? Short. Mine is small but tall.  the direction between the leave and the soil is so close. mine got around 8 cm different |
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Post by bifurcatum on Apr 11, 2007 16:16:02 GMT 8
I also not very sure, . Just received it yesterday. |
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Post by David on Apr 11, 2007 16:33:53 GMT 8
Nice big plant with a huge pitcher. Nice juicy, lusious peristome too.
Jeff, you can repot into a bigger pot and place the plant deeper in the media. Also when you place them in a bigger pot they grow bigger. Anyway, I realised my neps have growth season. At a certain point in their life, they would suddenly have a growth spurt. After that growth is very slow.
For my plants, usually when I do the following, it will encourage a sudden growth:
- repot into fresh new soil
- feed them with crikets
- They are getting more sun during the hot months
- For those in my terrarium, when I change to new lighting
- change the water source I use to water them. Only works if change to better quality water
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Post by David on Apr 11, 2007 16:35:06 GMT 8
Most of the time it works when i starve them of insects for a couple of months and then feed them during the hot sunny months.
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Post by bifurcatum on Apr 11, 2007 16:38:32 GMT 8
"repot into fresh new soil" isn't mean change all the soil into new soil? |
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Post by zakhren on Apr 11, 2007 17:16:28 GMT 8
Means throw out what's in the pot and get new stuff. You could do the mix which has almost everything in it. 1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1 Peat:Dried Sphagnum:Perlite:Washed Sand:Vermiculite:Washed Coco Peat:Crushed Pumice:Orchid Bark. And whatever else you could think of that they grow well in haha. I personally would just use a mix or Peat Moss:Dried Sphagnum:Perlite:Washed Sand:Vermiculite. Because I know where to get all that. Something that will hold water but is well drained so roots wont rot.
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Post by fauzi on Apr 11, 2007 21:48:38 GMT 8
The N.truncata was sent potted as I do not want to disturb the root of which I have just repotted the plant 1 month ago. Media used were sphagnum moss, pine wood shaving and perlite.Sphagnum moss as topping to provide humidity to the plant. The coconut fibre was used during packaging to hold the media during shipment. You can take out the coconut fibre and left the sphagnum moss as topping. The media used will not hold water and base on my experience it will dry faster compare to the 100% usage of sphagnum moss.
I do not know why it took 4-5 days for poslaju to deliver the package (Friday to Tuesday) because most of the time it took only 2 days delivery from Malesiana - Kuching to KL by poslaju.
Thank.
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Post by bifurcatum on Apr 12, 2007 15:04:51 GMT 8
Because Sunday was public holiday in Johor  |
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Post by cosmoking on Apr 19, 2007 2:09:20 GMT 8
Wow David, I could never feed my plants crickets, Id feel too cruel  You certainly pay more attention to your Nepenthes than I do: my ancient mixta x maxima, which Ive had since my 13th birthday, has been in the corner of the greenhouse for over a year and one of the stems is now nearly as tall as I am!(Im 5'9) It hasnt pitchered for ages, but now that Ive humidified my greenhouse last week and got the tropical section going, its now got 2 big lowland pitchers growing and I think one HIGHLAND pitcher aswell  Theres an embryo which looks like its growing, currently its bigger and stronger then all the rest. Il take a picture of it when all the pitchers mature.  I might repot it into fresh soil aswell, it hasnt had a reppoting for well over 2 years now. |
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Post by David on Apr 19, 2007 9:05:43 GMT 8
Well Cosmo, I have no choice. Most of my plants are with me in my apartment and there isn't much insects for them to capture. However, feeding your nepenthes makes the plant more robust and the leaves are greener. Same goes for my Sundews. They grow bigger much faster when I feed them.
Happy that your mixta x maxima is pitchering for you. Do you mean lower and upper pitchers rather than "lowland" and "Highland" pitcher?
Hey, don't be so stingy will ya. Show us picture of your greenhouse. We can learn your layout.
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Post by cosmoking on Apr 19, 2007 18:22:37 GMT 8
Oh yes sorry, I mean lower and upper In the greenhouse the plants may catch some things but certainly not that much. Theres still a colony of ants in there(I discovered a massive colony in one of my pots of Cymbidium Orchids, and after trying to get rid of them and their nest for over an hour theres still some there) so the Neps could feed on those via the lower pitchers, as they would be catching primarily ants and other ground crawling things in the wild through their lower pitchers. Sure David, I will take some pics |
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Post by cactustts on Apr 19, 2007 20:18:56 GMT 8
For you guys information, beside I let my neps alone for catching their own food, I fed them with fish food too, hehe. I started a month ago, so far so good.
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Post by David on Apr 19, 2007 22:28:50 GMT 8
For you guys information, beside I let my neps alone for catching their own food, I fed them with fish food too, hehe. I started a month ago, so far so good. That is an interesting idea TS. The plants like it? Maybe I can use fish food as well instead of crikets. Sometimes the smell of rotting crikets ain't so nice in a small apartment. Anyway, what type of fish food you use? What are the ingredients in the fish food? |
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Post by cactustts on Apr 19, 2007 23:42:34 GMT 8
I used the TetraBits-complete food, abit expansive I know, I feed my fish and CPs including Neps & Sarras. I've never try those cheaper type, I find it a bit hard for fish. Maybe should try the medium range one.
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Post by artificialive on Apr 20, 2007 0:17:17 GMT 8
wahh, tetrabits? is it the one that smells more like dried shrimp? wanna make your neps' color brighter? hehe |
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Post by David on Apr 20, 2007 9:20:37 GMT 8
If it is dried shrimps, that's good as the calcium from the shrimps is helpful to the plant.
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Post by cactustts on Apr 20, 2007 12:20:17 GMT 8
It smells fishy, maybe it will enhance the colour, who knows, yet to observe. It's not that I purposely buy the expansive one to feed my CPs, I just try out what I have in hand.
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Post by artificialive on Apr 20, 2007 14:40:47 GMT 8
It smells fishy, maybe it will enhance the colour, who knows, yet to observe. It's not that I purposely buy the expansive one to feed my CPs, I just try out what I have in hand. *offtopic* Ooh, i see.. its just that i was once fell in love with aquarium fish too ;D the fish food, which are for color enhancement i used for my neon tetras and discus are a bit expensive, and smells like dried shrimp. Cant remember the brand, but it is either made in Japan or Taiwan.. |
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Post by bifurcatum on Apr 24, 2007 14:19:29 GMT 8
Why my Truncata new leaf is brown colour and have red spots?  |
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the direction between the leave and the soil is so close. mine got around 8 cm different
You certainly pay more attention to your Nepenthes than I do: my ancient mixta x maxima, which Ive had since my 13th birthday, has been in the corner of the greenhouse for over a year and one of the stems is now nearly as tall as I am!(Im 5'9) It hasnt pitchered for ages, but now that Ive humidified my greenhouse last week and got the tropical section going, its now got 2 big lowland pitchers growing and I think one HIGHLAND pitcher aswell 
Theres an embryo which looks like its growing, currently its bigger and stronger then all the rest. Il take a picture of it when all the pitchers mature. 
I might repot it into fresh soil aswell, it hasnt had a reppoting for well over 2 years now. 