Re: About N. villosa and others

From: Paul Burkhardt (burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 20 1998 - 09:16:25 PST 

Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 11:16:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg980$foo@default>
Subject: Re: About N. villosa and others

Hi Peter,

> Paul B. inquired about some "rare" Nepenthes and their care, such
> as
> Nepenthes villosa. Here at California Carnivores we grow N. villosa
> with all of our other highlanders. The temperature averages about 45
> to 50 F at night, year round, however before the heat goes on in late
> October, the greenhouse may drop to 40 or so. . .
> I have found Nepenthes such as N. villosa and rajah simple to
> grow in
> these greenhouse conditions. My soil mix is usually equal parts of
> the

Thank you for replying. I've had only one other reply on this matter so I
assumed N. villosa and N. edwardsiana are just too difficult to cultivate,
or they haven't been in hobby collections for very long to garner any real
useful information on growing these species. I know several nurseries
which offer these plants as tc, mainly the much well-respected Wistuba
nursery, but finding anyone with an established plant has proven to be
quite difficult. However, your post has given me some hope in cultivating
these species. Can you please tell me how fast the N. villosa grows
relative to N. rajah.

I would also appreciate any other growers to provide their experiences
with N. villosa and N. edwardsiana.

Paul Burkhardt

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