Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:49:23 +0200 From: Francesc Maynou <maynouf@icm.csic.es> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2614$foo@default> Subject: Re: Which are the hardiest nepenthes?
Dear list members:
I grow CPs outdoors in a Mediterranean climate and have had problems
with highland nepenthes hardiness on the high-temperature side:
Ken Harper wrote:
> Almost all of the
> highlands Nepenthes don't have too much trouble with our winter temperatures
> (frequently down to near zero Celsius)
>
I have been growing N. alata and N. ventricosa in similar conditions
with no problems, but
> I lost a couple of N.villosa last
> February due to a really hot summer (over 40 degrees C)
>
we had an extremely hot summer this year (with night lows above 30C, day
highs 37-38C) and both N. alata and N. ventricosa withered. Could
someone with more experience than me tell me if there is any hope of
recovery? I moved the plants to a shadier place and mist often but I see
no change. Thank you
Francesc Maynou in Barcelona (NE Spain)
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