{"id":3215,"date":"2012-09-09T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T18:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2012-09-09T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T18:37:17","slug":"new-nepenthes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2012\/09\/new-nepenthes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nepenthes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier last week I received some new Nepenthes from most excellent Nepenthes guru, Paul Barden!\u00a0(THANKS PAUL! DUDE — YOU ROCK!<\/em>) If you haven’t already seen his amazing blog, it would behoove you to do so:\u00a0Nitrogenseekers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I do have a few Nepenthes that I’ve kind of just let “hang out” in the garden – and they actually do ok. You see, I live by the coast and it’s very mild here – and quite hospitable for the highland\u00a0varieties\u00a0and other plants that like it cool. I haven’t really focused on growing Nepenthes really but now that I have the dome set up, I can explore this genus a little bit more. I am hopeful for these new additions, and will update the blog from time to time showing how things develop. This is just what I need, right? Another obsession in the carnivorous plant niche? (But don’t worry, Sarracenia for me still and will always hold that special place!)<\/p>\n

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The plants arrived at my door in great condition – packed perfectly! Wrapped in cellophane, Paul’s Nepenthes looked like a shipment of large chrysalises. They contained savage primordial beauties waiting to branch out and consume in their new habitat.<\/p>\n

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I brought the plants over to the greenhouse and got ready to pot them up. The mix I used was a rough 1:1 ratio of perlite and long fiber sphagnum moss. I thought I had some orchid bark left over, (which I’ve also used in this mix with other Nepenthes) but turns out I used it all up. DOH! Anyway, I hear that this mix should be fine. Paul also gave me the opportunity to practice Nepenthes cuttings on a cane of a N. fusca hybrid. I was directed to RTFM on Nepenthes cuttings here<\/a>. I am trying one, two, and three node versions and hope a few of them strike and root for me.<\/p>\n

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Unwrapping these babies! As you can see, they came in EXCELLENT condition. I mean, that pitcher is still looking good after spending a couple days in the box! I carefully removed the cellophane and potted them up hoping and praying that they would enjoy their new home.<\/p>\n

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Here are the first Nepenthes under the dome! The shade cloth makes it look like a cave in this shot. (Eh, it was getting late here anyway…) Keep in mind that when the sun is overhead, the cloth does a great job of keeping it cool and diffusing the light in there. I know that the house looks kinda empty right now and that’s the sheer beauty of it. Almost like a blank canvas; and I am eager to watch it grow. If you’re wondering, I had extra cement mixing tubs that I used here as humidity trays. I figure a little added humidity wouldn’t hurt these plants as they get acclimated to their new conditions. I also imagine that the extra humidity would be beneficial to the cuttings that I’m practicing on. As I watered the plants, I let the water run down through the pots down into the tray.<\/p>\n

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I moved the rest of the Nepenthes in, along with a couple Heliamphora and Cephalotus. (I took this photo the morning of the following day, by the way. It looks a little brighter.) It will be a fun\u00a0journey\u00a0to see this space slowly get filled up! For now, this is a quick look into the humble beginnings of life under the dome.<\/p>\n

Paul – again, thank you so much for your patience and kindness! I hope that your plants make themselves at home here and grow for me as well as they do for you! Thank you! \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier last week I received some new Nepenthes from most excellent Nepenthes guru, Paul Barden!\u00a0(THANKS PAUL! DUDE — YOU ROCK!) If you haven’t already seen his amazing blog, it would behoove you to do so:\u00a0Nitrogenseekers. I do have a few … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,695],"tags":[576,101,732,737,733,736,735,734,738],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-nepenthes-2","tag-cuttings","tag-nepenthes","tag-new-plants","tag-paul-barden","tag-shipment","tag-so-rad","tag-something-new","tag-under-the-dome","tag-unpacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}