Re: Group Order and Hard-to-Find Nepenthes
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 1 Nov 1993 10:03:52 +0800
>>Perry,
>>I hear from Joachim Nerz it is quite difficult to grow _N.villosa_ (more
>>complicated than even _N.rajah_!). He hasn't got any either. Also, Andreas
>>Wistuba (who has some very very small seedling) won't be able to supply it
>>in the next months. _N.edwarsiana_ is not very much a different story. Are
>>you sure you could cultivate these montane (very highland) species, anyway?
>>I fear they require specific temperature (low) and humidity (high) conditions
>>quite different from the other (even the other highlanders) species. My
>>experience in _Nepenthes_ culture is, however, limited (=zero).
>>I'm afraid, _N.villosa_ is indeed a hard-to-find species.
I've seen only one N. villosa plant ever. California Carnivores
has one specimen plant (not for sale). It's very small, but is
showing the characteristic ribbed peristome. It looks very much
like a cross between cepthalotus and nepenthes. But it's a very
slow grower, ala. N. tentaculata.