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Post by tarence on Jun 26, 2007 21:15:30 GMT 8
Just to share my lower & upper pitchers......anyone has similiar photos of their varieties to show ? I`m keen to see home grown neps pics and not pics from websites. I think I saw somewhere that n.hookeriana has got quite interesting upper pitchers... btw, no prizes for guessing which is the lower & upper pitcher.   cheers folks.... |
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Post by isaacgoh on Jun 29, 2007 10:20:31 GMT 8
Bottom pic is the upper pitcher.
Nice red pitcher!! Show the picture of the whole plant lah.
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Post by tarence on Jun 29, 2007 13:36:35 GMT 8
Isaac, the plant dried up a bit after my 6 day trip to Sabah early this month coz the folks at home forgot to water it. About 20 of my pitchers dried up so that`s why I didn`t take a pic of the whole plant, it looks sad ! Heheh, i only now have about 5 surviving lower pitchers. There used to be 30-over gorgeous red lower pitchers & about 6 upper ones....nanti lah when the plant recovers to its former glory.
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Post by yctan118 on Jul 6, 2007 6:03:20 GMT 8
Hi,
I am a newbie from KL. Have been growing orchids but recently got attracted by pitcher (after the pot I bought from Cameron Highland grows about 10-20 pitchers)
I have a basic question...what is upper and what is lower pitcher??
Thanks in advance!
YC
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Post by David on Jul 6, 2007 9:13:25 GMT 8
Lower pitches are produced when the plant is still in it's rossette stage. Pitchers are fatter and move globose. The pitchers will rest on the ground most of the time. So it can afford to have fatter and heavier pitchers
Upper pitchers are produced when the plant starts to vine, maybe about 2-3 feet onwards. The pitchers are cone shape. The plant does this so that the pitchers are not as heavey as the lower pitchers. This is to avoid the weight of the pitchers above the vine to break the main stem. Upper pitchers are lighter.
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Post by yctan118 on Jul 6, 2007 9:35:04 GMT 8
David,
Thanks for the info. That means if I hang my pitcher, it will never be able to produce lower?
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Post by tarence on Jul 6, 2007 11:46:36 GMT 8
It will still produce pitchers if you hang it...David is talking about neps in the wild I think. Our neps in cultivation will adapt to the conditions. Most pitchers produced are lower anyway. It`s more seldom to see upper ones.
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Post by yctan118 on Jul 6, 2007 22:55:34 GMT 8
All,
Thanks for info. My friend hooked me up with Fauzi today and met him this evening.
He explained to us what upper and lower are.
I would definitely go back to see him for his wonderful plants again.
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Post by tarence on Sept 2, 2007 0:31:15 GMT 8
these pics was taken yesterday.....it seems to have 3 types of pitchers now...heheh...   |
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Post by rainforestguy on Sept 2, 2007 2:38:24 GMT 8
While there are many forms of Coccinea, mine tends to be opposite. My lowers are big and mottled and my uppers are almost solid red with a green-striped peristome.
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Post by tarence on Sept 2, 2007 11:42:26 GMT 8
here`s what the whole plant looks like......it`s about 6 feet high, the pot is hanging from a tree branch and the climbing vine is reaching for the top...  |
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Post by Robert on Sept 3, 2007 20:12:50 GMT 8
Tarence this is mine. The pitcher colour look very similar.  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 4, 2007 9:04:55 GMT 8
yep looks more or less the same as mine Robert....does it get any tubbier ? my fattest one is really fat but slightly shorter than this....
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Post by Robert on Sept 4, 2007 15:39:53 GMT 8
Tarence this was the 5th pitcher produced,non was tubby  |
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