And another 75 dollar Seedling :p.
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Daesie11
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What is that? None of my plants are that expensive, I'm living on a retail salary after all
cyberlocc
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What is that? None of my plants are that expensive, I'm living on a retail salary after all
Sorry got distracted meant to say in the OP hahaha.
That is a Nepthenes Madgascarensis, or Nepthenes Species. It is a Carnivorous Plant, that eats bugs and even small reptiles amphibians in the wild. It was the first Nepthenes to ever be discovered, and is native to Lowland Eastern/Northern Madgascar (Panther Climate).
A full grown specimen in the wild
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Another of my babies, this one was 40, (I got a good deal, for buying 2) however they are usually around 70-75.
He is still adjusting to the change, it's epithetic by nature, but they had the seedling in soil, so now it has to readjust.
It's a Huperiza Squarrosa, Also a Malagasy Native (most of my plants are, all in my Large Viv are) same regions as the Nep.
And it Full grown
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It's not techinally a plant, it's in the family of Club Mosses, and one of the oldest living plants in the world.
It kind of looks like a spikey pine, however the Spikes are very soft, like bristles of a pipe cleaner.
Also even if you don't have terribly expensive plants, unique ones are still cool
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Daesie11
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Ok I thought it was a pitcher plant, but I didnt wanna guess and be wrongSorry got distracted meant to say in the OP hahaha.
That is a Nepthenes Madgascarensis, or Nepthenes Species. It is a Carnivorous Plant, that eats bugs and even small reptiles amphibians in the wild. It was the first Nepthenes to ever be discovered, and is native to Lowland Eastern/Northern Madgascar (Panther Climate).
A full grown specimen in the wild
Another of my babies, this one was 40, (I got a good deal, for buying 2) however they are usually around 70-75.
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He is still adjusting to the change, it's epithetic by nature, but they had the seedling in soil, so now it has to readjust.
It's a Huperiza Squarrosa, Also a Malagasy Native (most of my plants are, all in my Large Viv are) same regions as the Nep.
And it Full grown
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It's not techinally a plant, it's in the family of Club Mosses, and one of the oldest living plants in the world.
It kind of looks like a spikey pine, however the Spikes are very soft, like bristles of a pipe cleaner.
Also even if you don't have terribly expensive plants, unique ones are still cool
All my plants are pretty basic. I have a pothos, a fern, and an orchid in my enclosure. Oh and a tiny little pitcher plant that I almost killed but is coming back to life.
Outside of my enclosure I guess you could say this Christmas tree cactus is kinda cool and unique. I inherited it from my grandmother and I had never seen anything like it prior to receiving it.
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cyberlocc
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Ok I thought it was a pitcher plant, but I didnt wanna guess and be wrong
All my plants are pretty basic. I have a pothos, a fern, and an orchid in my enclosure. Oh and a tiny little pitcher plant that I almost killed but is coming back to life.
Outside of my enclosure I guess you could say this Christmas tree cactus is kinda cool and unique. I inherited it from my grandmother and I had never seen anything like it prior to receiving it.
That is a very very pretty cactus.
What problems was your pitcher having? Is it a Highland or Low land species?
If you use a Dripper, easiest way to care for a Pitcher plant (Nepthenes) is to put your dripper right above it, and plant it in pure sphag, with some live sphag on top. They do need quite a bit of light though as well, a JD spot pointed right at it might be sufficient, as a baby.
Most species grow as a Vine, mine is an exception and grows as a bush. So when it starts climbing that will help the light needs to be easier.
Also if screen cage so your humidity isnt that high, you should fill the pitchers with a little water, and try to spray them daily. If you start getting deformed pitchers that's why, they need to be humid when they are growing.
Daesie11
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I had him on a windowsill and he wasnt getting enough light or water. Now I have him at the top of the foliage in my enclosure right under my quad which has a plant bulb in it. It's also right in front of my misting head so it gets a pretty good dose of water throughout the day. I lost all the pitchers that it already had when I recieved it, but its growing a few new ones pretty quickly so I think I'm doing ok by it. Dont know if I should snip the dead ones?
I included my finger for size reference lol
Also thank you, I really like the cactus. It was not doing very well when I first got it as no one had been taking care of it for quite awhile but it has done really well since I've had it and has a few new growths as well.
jamest0o0
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Nice man!
My most uncommon(for around here at least):
A few types of nepenthes(stupidly threw out the species name when I got a couple years ago)
Mexican butterwort
Drosera capensis sundew
Assortment of bromeliads
Coffee tree
Cryptanthus
Moringa
Jeweled orchids
Monstera philodendron
I have many more like ficus alii, pothos variety, etc. Too
My most uncommon(for around here at least):
A few types of nepenthes(stupidly threw out the species name when I got a couple years ago)
Mexican butterwort
Drosera capensis sundew
Assortment of bromeliads
Coffee tree
Cryptanthus
Moringa
Jeweled orchids
Monstera philodendron
I have many more like ficus alii, pothos variety, etc. Too
cyberlocc
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Such a curry seedling. I have another Nep Madgascarensis that same size, I just got it. I tried last year, and customs took it because the guy didn't fill out the paperwork right
. I got one that size for 50 and the one I just got from the same seller (first pic in OP) is it's sibling, they were seed grown at the same time, for some reason 3 of them just took off like crazzy. She was going to keep all 3 but decidied to only keep one now So I got one
. So yes, remove the dead pitchers but leave the leaves. Pitchers don't live that long, the leaf will outlive it, but they are in a cycle like a flower. A pitcher will come out, live for a few months and then die and a new pitcher will come out.
When you start having bigger pitchers, and they rot from the top down, wait till the top half is rotted and cut it off, but leave the bottom till it rots.
You can feed that guy now, drop in like a dehydrated blood worm (fish food) in each pitcher and it's growth with explode.
cyberlocc
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Those are all very cool plants, love them all. My wife is a big fan of the Sundews, we had one, but it didn't get water for a few days, and it passed
. I want to get her some more, on a mister where she can't forget lol. They need an absurd amount of water lol. At least as a seedling.
snitz427
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@cyberlocc
I need your technique for your Huperzia. I got a H. Hamiltonii and it is drying up and dying. I just removed it from the viv and put it in a tupperware container to increase humidity and try to revive it. I arrived half dried out from blackjungleterrariumsupply.com and never recovered. A frustrating $50 lesson!!
I have (and desperately want) a few more unique philodendrons and anthuriums in my enclosures. I think my favorite is A. Friedrichstahlii, but I also have A. Veitchii growing slowly. I'm hoping to add P. Holtonianum and A. Warocqueanum soon, and maybe P. Verrucosum ... but I'm officially cham and plant poor for a while.
We should get a cool plant kid group going for propagation and trading!
I need your technique for your Huperzia. I got a H. Hamiltonii and it is drying up and dying. I just removed it from the viv and put it in a tupperware container to increase humidity and try to revive it. I arrived half dried out from blackjungleterrariumsupply.com and never recovered. A frustrating $50 lesson!!
I have (and desperately want) a few more unique philodendrons and anthuriums in my enclosures. I think my favorite is A. Friedrichstahlii, but I also have A. Veitchii growing slowly. I'm hoping to add P. Holtonianum and A. Warocqueanum soon, and maybe P. Verrucosum ... but I'm officially cham and plant poor for a while.
We should get a cool plant kid group going for propagation and trading!
Daesie11
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I think I'm a little bit confused as to what the "top" and "bottom" are.. because I'm not sure how I would cut off the top but leave the bottom lol. Is the top the little cap to the pitcher?Such a curry seedling. I have another Nep Madgascarensis that same size, I just got it. I tried last year, and customs took it because the guy didn't fill out the paperwork right
I got one that size for 50 and the one I just got from the same seller (first pic in OP) is it's sibling, they were seed grown at the same time, for some reason 3 of them just took off like crazzy. She was going to keep all 3 but decidied to only keep one now So I got one
So yes, remove the dead pitchers but leave the leaves. Pitchers don't live that long, the leaf will outlive it, but they are in a cycle like a flower. A pitcher will come out, live for a few months and then die and a new pitcher will come out.
When you start having bigger pitchers, and they rot from the top down, wait till the top half is rotted and cut it off, but leave the bottom till it rots.
You can feed that guy now, drop in like a dehydrated blood worm (fish food) in each pitcher and it's growth with explode.
And my bf will be very happy to hear that he can feed this one lol. He has been feeding my venus fly trap and loves it. Pretty sure I'm killing that one too because its rotting and I'm not sure what I did wrong.
Oh also I have no idea what species of pitcher that is, dont know if I mentioned that or not.
cyberlocc
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@cyberlocc
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I need your technique for your Huperzia. I got a H. Hamiltonii and it is drying up and dying. I just removed it from the viv and put it in a tupperware container to increase humidity and try to revive it. I arrived half dried out from blackjungleterrariumsupply.com and never recovered. A frustrating $50 lesson!!
I have (and desperately want) a few more unique philodendrons and anthuriums in my enclosures. I think my favorite is A. Friedrichstahlii, but I also have A. Veitchii growing slowly. I'm hoping to add P. Holtonianum and A. Warocqueanum soon, and maybe P. Verrucosum ... but I'm officially cham and plant poor for a while.
We should get a cool plant kid group going for propagation and trading!
So my Squarrosa is pretty old now (about 6 months, it's more than doubled it size). I transplanted them immediately to pure sphag. But kept them growing terrestrially for a few months. When that center shoot (the 6 inch one) came out and got to the size it is. I moved them to the Viv, the old growth is looking pretty ragged, but that new one has grown like mad, and it's stem is 3-4 times thicker than the old growth, so I think it's trying to kill off the old stuff for new thicker stronger growth.
My humidity key is location, it's high on the Viv wall, with that cork flat being used as a Pseudo planter. I filled in that with sphag and a little live on top, and it's about 10 inches from the roof of the Viv (as it droops anyway.
So it's about 6 inches from a Mister which blasts it directly. The key to them as Club Mosses, is they want to always have wet feet.
They still want to dry out a bit, they want air in their roots but constant moisture available.
Love having all you green thumbs around. My most exotic in cage plant is a tradescantia variety with pink variegated foliage. No pictures handy and I don't have the variety here either. I'm so unworthy of this thread.
I do have a lovely stag horn fern that I go as a curb side find and I recently planted some mexican papaya because I had room and I'm using it in my gut load after being inspired by jamest0o0 in another thread.
I do have a lovely stag horn fern that I go as a curb side find and I recently planted some mexican papaya because I had room and I'm using it in my gut load after being inspired by jamest0o0 in another thread.
cyberlocc
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It's most likely a Highland of which care is similar, it's the Low Landers that are hard to care for, and their price reflects it. So what I said, is perfect for highlanders.
They like Chameleons also like a night temp drop of about 10 degrees. So our cages are perfect for them.
So the pitchers will get alot bigger. 3-4-5-6 some have pitchers up to 12 inches long and 3 to 4 inch diameter. As that happens you will notice when the pitcher rots, it will start with the lip and the lid, and move down, once it rots about halfway, cut off the rotten half and leave the bottom cup area, filled with liquid. It's still providing the plant with nutrients.
When fully rotted you can cut off the rest of the way. But cut at the string attaching to the normal leaf structure, not the leaf. Only cut the leaf when the leaf is dead.
Fun fact, The pictures are part of the leaf, that has genetically modified to absorb nutrients in areas where the soil lacks it. Don't ever fertilize a CPs roots, as that is why they eat bugs, their roots are in soil that lacks nutrients, and they will burn the roots.
Well then it's time to branch out
.I love Staghorns, I have been considering getting one for my big Viv. I was going to do 2x Aspelunium Nidus, but been thinking about 1 and 1 stag.
I have 2 A. Nidus, but one is tiny and not the right Sp I think so I am going to out it elsewhere and get something else.
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AnamCara
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I am SO BADLY wanting to start keeping carnivorous plants. My current "favorite" is my mimosa pudica -- not super rare but one of the harder plants I've kept this one alive and kickin for 3 years. I have a string of hearts that is 20+ years old and one of my favorites. I'm a sucker for Hoya's.
I keep a smattering of strange orchids. Got a Miltonia orchid that has an incredible scent -- fills the whole room when it blooms!
I keep a smattering of strange orchids. Got a Miltonia orchid that has an incredible scent -- fills the whole room when it blooms!
Daesie11
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Thanks for the quick carnivorous plant Ted Talk! I hope to one day be able to plant my pitcher in a bioactive enclosure. How would you recommend doing so? Considering they want to be planted in sphagnum. Would it be easier to maybe have it in one of the pots mounted on my back wall?It's most likely a Highland of which care is similar, it's the Low Landers that are hard to care for, and their price reflects it. So what I said, is perfect for highlanders.
They like Chameleons also like a night temp drop of about 10 degrees. So our cages are perfect for them.
So the pitchers will get alot bigger. 3-4-5-6 some have pitchers up to 12 inches long and 3 to 4 inch diameter. As that happens you will notice when the pitcher rots, it will start with the lip and the lid, and move down, once it rots about halfway, cut off the rotten half and leave the bottom cup area, filled with liquid. It's still providing the plant with nutrients.
When fully rotted you can cut off the rest of the way. But cut at the string attaching to the normal leaf structure, not the leaf. Only cut the leaf when the leaf is dead.
Fun fact, The pictures are part of the leaf, that has genetically modified to absorb nutrients in areas where the soil lacks it. Don't ever fertilize a CPs roots, as that is why they eat bugs, their roots are in soil that lacks nutrients, and they will burn the roots.
Well then it's time to branch out
I love Staghorns, I have been considering getting one for my big Viv. I was going to do 2x Aspelunium Nidus, but been thinking about 1 and 1 stag.
I have 2 A. Nidus, but one is tiny and not the right Sp I think so I am going to out it elsewhere and get something else.
cyberlocc
Chameleon Enthusiast
You could, they don't grow that way in situ (they don't really grow in pure sphag in situ either though), but that's definitely an option. Depends on your lighting and how big it is at that time.
As for planting in a Bio it's easy, just make a big hole in the soil and put it in there, like it was in a pot, just it's not. That will be plenty, if the roots go out of the sphag and into the soil, that's fine, as long as they can choose.
snitz427
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so what did you use for acclimating your huperzia before planting in the viv? I took it and immediately soaked it and hung it epiphytically, and misted it directly 3x a day. It was in a similar spot, mounted up in a corner under a light. No matter where I put that plant, my cham would dislodge some of the moss. So now that its looking like the rest will dry out, I removed it and have it under a plant light in a plastic leftover container with a clear lid, on some wet sphag moss.
cyberlocc
Chameleon Enthusiast
Layers
. I have cork background, so I made a Moss ball around the plant, and then put the cork flat over that, and then nailed that down to the Viv wall. It can't be dislodged as it's held down pretty strong with the cork.
You could superglue the plant to the wall, but I would be concerned long term of it holding the wieght, that is why I sandwhiched it like that.
Also no Cham in my Viv yet, I am letting everything grow in and acclimated first before adding s Cham to the Viv.
