Okies.. will try to cover the container with some plastic first. Do i need to wet my substrate first before placing it in? currently i think i won't be using those pump yet. actually im just afraid i dunhav another big enough tray to put the plastic container inside.

Anyway, will try to make it first then see how's the progress running on.

Forget to tell you that, please leave a small gap at top of tank. Yea, wet substrate before put it in. Actually, if yours tank is big enough, you can put a 500ml mineral bottle at 1 corner and filled it with water and pump air into it. And find a way to hide the bottle.

I didnt did it before, im not sure what else we need to watch out when setup it. You may need to consider what light you going to use. Beside that, air circulation is the others thing that you may want to consider.

Bro,
You're at cultivation stage whereas we are still praying that our CPs make it through the year!

Nvm...mine is also dying,we just nid to research for the right way to let it live.I bet those seniors also having problems when they 1st start,dats y we nid to learn

To be honest, i still kill some CPs sometimes. Sometimes it's due to my carelessness, but at other times they just die. No matter how well you keep them and provide the best conditions for them, They just die!

When I first started I killed my first pot of Nepenthes and it was a hardy pot of N. gracilis.

I remember now, I kill a pot of nepenthes as well. After that, I got a D. burmanii and red VFT from David. And I successfully grow them to adult size and successful propagate them as well...

I just kill a S. psittacina and D. derbyensis.

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Added on July 16, 2009, 10:16 pmHyourinMaru, what CP is dying?

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Actually hor... i didn't really said using those plastic guppy tank, is those plastic container like those taufu fa mug.
But thanks for the opinion & advises.
i'll see how i do first, will try to do it on this weekend.
But since the container will be quite shallow, i need to find some other way to keep it humid first. Wait after i done it, will post up a picture

The D.adelae...But now the Intermedia Cuba is dying as well It used grow quite well,but dun knw y it started to bcome worse.
And i got a shock,the intermedia cuba seems to get root rot
Any idea?

Izzit your substrate is too dry or too wet?

Nope...i using water tray 1,so shouldnt b too wet.And i tot CP live in wet condition 1?

i like 'em bigger, but this pitcher will do for now

D. adelea is choosy plant, require high humidity, cooler and shade place. Many people fail with it. You had done the best, so, just wait and see.

D. intermedia is hard plant. And it like water tray. Suppose no issue with that. May I have a photo of it before you repot it? I never experience with root rot at my drosera.

BTW, D. intermedia root is really tiny.



camillenoir, that is nice N. rafflesianas if im not wrong... It is yours? Nice!!!!! I dont really like N. rafflesianas, because normally it only have 2 or 3 pitchers, others will dry up.

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 17 2009, 01:40 PM

the size of the pitcher, i believe, more than make up for the lack of presentable pitchers

and i'm really fond of raffles - since i stay true to species, i consider them to be the easiest among the biggies.

under my (often neglected) care, the withering of N. truncata's pitcher is more apparent in both the lowland and highland form, and rajah is a plain pain in backside.

Just got some of the terrestrial moss back. now placing them inside the taufufa mug, i decided to start the terrarium on a small size container first.

btw, those substrate that comes together with the terrestrial moss, will it harm the CP ? I haven't add in the CP yet, but just wondering.

Currently, i will try to keep the moss for a weeks or 2 first, to see how its going on.

camillenoir, you have many nepenthes!!!! Please share it with us... Split all those poison to them....

foxngan, i will suggest try to wash out those substrate as much as you can.

ya.. i had try to wash out most of them, but still got some stick to them, then i soaked them awhile.

hopefully no problem.

camillenoir,

That is a nice rafflesiana pitcher you have there. Looks like you've been growing neps for a long time. Do share with us your cultivation routine and growing conditions. Raff are also one of my favourite neps. They can be so varied in colours and patterns, and I think they have the most spectacular pitchers for a lowland species.

Besides raff I like amps, bicalcarata and sp. vikings. Amps are also great to collect as they come in so many varieties.

i'm a total noobie when it comes to neps and my little collection is nothing to talk about. cultivation wise, my lowlanders are placed under 30% shade, hanging above ponds and i did nothing much afterwards. my highlanders are placed inside under controlled condition (in which many more experiments need to be done).

besides the biggies, my favourite are the veitchiis - can't get enough of their peristomes. jamban is also killing me, but it is too much of a gamble for now.

next goal (after some encouragement from Volker H.) is to adapt N. ovata to the lowlands.

wow i just checked out this thread. didnt know it existed.. anyway, im happy to see this thread. =)

thanks caseyhoo!

i keep CPs too. flytraps, cephalotus, drosera, and various neps.

Long time I didnt update with my plant liao...

Here is some sarracenia photo

S. leucophylla


S. juthatip soper


BTW, petpitcher CP photo competition is end... And I had win 2 prize!!! A N bicalcarata "red flush" and N. ampullaria "speckle"...

Will post my winning photo at here soon...

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Added on August 1, 2009, 9:42 pmAnd here is the others 2

S. flava "red tube"


S. scarlet belle


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