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Hello all you wonderful people!
Brought home a nice hardy looking Nepenthes last night, and I'm hoping for some basic care and an ID. I think I have it narrowed down to two possibilities for an ID. Either an alata, or a ventrata which is hybrid of alata X ventricosa.
From what I gather, I've managed to find a good hardy species, and it's care should be fairly easy. It's on a stand about 3 feet high, and gets filtered morning sun, then well-filtered daylight all day (we have sheer white curtains). The average temperature is around 20-23 C (68-73 F), and it has an air conditioning vent about 6-8 feet away, in the ceiling. I'm worried about that vent drying out my new plant, but the stand it's on can be moved very easily.
I have about 12 shots taken, and they are available at this Dropbox link
Can anyone help with narrowing down the species, and adjust my basic care? This lil guy has about 8-10 pitchers, and most have a covering leaf over the top. They also have anywhere from 1-2" is liquid in each pitcher. I topped one up this morning with some distilled water. The biggest pitcher is approx 6" from leaf to stem, the stem is also 6" long, and the leaf is 9". That makes around 20-22" from base of leaf to covering leaf.
Also, my basic care means not doing too much with it for now. Watering with distilled water, monitoring for dry spots, moving it if the area it's in seems to harsh, etc... There are already some spotting along the stems leading to one or two pitchers. Not too many upper pitchers, those seem to be taking their time to grow.
Also, here's some sample shots from the Dropbox link above.
Brought home a nice hardy looking Nepenthes last night, and I'm hoping for some basic care and an ID. I think I have it narrowed down to two possibilities for an ID. Either an alata, or a ventrata which is hybrid of alata X ventricosa.
From what I gather, I've managed to find a good hardy species, and it's care should be fairly easy. It's on a stand about 3 feet high, and gets filtered morning sun, then well-filtered daylight all day (we have sheer white curtains). The average temperature is around 20-23 C (68-73 F), and it has an air conditioning vent about 6-8 feet away, in the ceiling. I'm worried about that vent drying out my new plant, but the stand it's on can be moved very easily.
I have about 12 shots taken, and they are available at this Dropbox link
Can anyone help with narrowing down the species, and adjust my basic care? This lil guy has about 8-10 pitchers, and most have a covering leaf over the top. They also have anywhere from 1-2" is liquid in each pitcher. I topped one up this morning with some distilled water. The biggest pitcher is approx 6" from leaf to stem, the stem is also 6" long, and the leaf is 9". That makes around 20-22" from base of leaf to covering leaf.
Also, my basic care means not doing too much with it for now. Watering with distilled water, monitoring for dry spots, moving it if the area it's in seems to harsh, etc... There are already some spotting along the stems leading to one or two pitchers. Not too many upper pitchers, those seem to be taking their time to grow.
Also, here's some sample shots from the Dropbox link above.