On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Steven Klitzing wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Having some trouble with my Nepenthes. N. Rafflesiana, about six inches
> across, is not setting pitchers in my greenhouse environment. N. Mirabillis
> is doing okay, but the leaves are still a little yellow rather than green
> since it was started from a cutting. No pitchers on N. Mirabillis as of yet,
> since the three new leaves are small. What can I feed these two plants
> to green them up and get them healthy so they can set pitchers and catch
> bugs? To get an idea of the environment within the greenhouse, one small
> Nepenthes Ventricosa is doing marvelously, sending out new leaves, and
> putting out new pitchers, each larger than the last.
>
> I planted seeds of N.Alata, N. Maxima x. Sulewesi, and N. Ventricosa
> in a mini greenhouse sprout tray inside the greenhouse. Starting to
> get a mild green slime on top of the milled wet spaghnum where the
> seeds reside. They've been like this for about 6 weeks with no
> signs of sprouting. I'm still crossing my fingers and hoping they
> do something.
>
> Environment is fine for Drosera and terrestrial utrics. Not so good
> for Sarracenia. Cattleya, Dendrobium, Epidendrum, and Phaelenopsis
> orchids do well in it, as well as Amaryllis.
>
> ---Steve
>