Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 07:39:33 -0400 From: "Steven Stewart" <steven.stewart@worldnet.att.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2976$foo@default> Subject: Nepenthes Veitchii on trees
Hello Rich and list,
I have a flowering size N. veitchii that is planted with a Tree fern. It has
wrapped around the trunk with several of it's leaves and pitchers. I started
it in this situation a couple of years ago when the tree fern had only about
a foot of trunk (1/3 meter). The fern is now about 3 feet and the N.
veitchii is about 1 foot. Both grow best in the winter here in Florida. The
fern has a 12" diameter trunk, and I think the N. veitchii would prefer
something larger. The leaves tend to cover each others pitchers when
wrapped. Another possible mistake I made is having a branched Nepenthes. I
think a single crown might not compete with itself. I have started a
seedling N. veitchii, in the (crotch?) of a branching tree fern. It is
growing, but would prefer more water than I give it. A seedling N. veitchii
* N. lowii, growing with a small 6" diameter tree fern is wrapping nicely.
Take care,
Steven Stewart
Sanford, Florida, USA
>Has anyone out there ever grown N. veitchii in such a way as to allow it
>to climb up a tree like it can in nature? I've got a small N. veitchii
>which is just now producing mature pitchers and I thought it might be fun
>to try to encourage this sort of growth. Any opinions on an appropriate
>tree diameter, bark texture etc.?
>
>Rich
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