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Was doing my fertilizing today so I decided to take some pics as well, N. robcantleyi N. truncata "red flush highland" N. veitchii x burbidgeae I'm really into N. peltata right now but mine is in an awkward place to take pictures so these are the best I can do. My pelota is doing crazy leaf jumps right now so I'm pretty excited about it. Anyone know how big they have to get before N. peltata starts becoming more squat and tubby?

I'm getting excited because it's the time of year when CPUK members start uploading their Nepenthes photos, and there's been some great thread updates already ! So i thought i'd nip out with my camera and see if there were any decent shots of my plants to be had....... and there turned out to be a few more than i expected. So here are some of my first pitchers of 2016.... And last but by no means least, we have sibuyanensis x burkei. I'm really proud of this little fella as it is the result of my first ever nepenthes seed sowing. The seeds were obtained from Cedric Carnivores and sown 01/02/14. First germination was noticed on 15/03/14, roughly 6 weeks later. I gave away a few of these seedlings to some CPUK members last year, so it would be great to see how yours are getting on if you want to post photos in this thread

I will try and come. It's been a while.

This is one of my first hybrids that I made. I am quite proud of it actually. It already colored up very dark. The shade pictures don't do the color justice. The pictures in the sun however do. My other dark colored sarracenia are still not at their full level of redness. Since it is a hybrid between alata Red Lid Perry Co, MS, Phil Wilson A18 and flava var. atropurpurea Blackwater State Forest. Am I correct to label it an x alava then or what is the correct name for a hybrid like this?

Murudensis? (from Krzysio) Mirabilis var. globosa and the bane of my growspace yet another x Miranda flower I'm going to have to stop growing Mirandas as they just grow far too quickly.

and put them in the soil to get new plantcuttings ... It happens automatically sometimes.

Drosera filiformis not the best looking drosera but a very good fly catcher

Yup! Congrats dad!

Good to see you posting pics again ,a couple of pics of my sibuyanensis x burkei (thanks again:-)

I'm just making a thread to add a few pictures of some of my Neps as this time of the year they start to look nice again for me. I'll start with my boschiana

Lowii (aw) Being slow as usual. Glandulifera. my aw rajah Ventricosa Madja-as form (or burkei as some people say) Singalana

A few more, White form ventricosa pitchering for the first time in forever. Rajah looking more rajah like now. Neoguineensis still going strong. Baby peltata.

If you're growing sarracenia, dionaea or most drosera and you don't let the pots dry out, then no.

Sorry for the late reply. The miracle gro is for acid loving plants. Mexican pings for example are not acid loving and it kills them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A small paintbrush is by far the most reliable pollinator

If we leave, we are on our own. Cites, trade restrictions, import/export duties to/from Europe. The only way around that is a trade deal with the EU, whereby we have to sign up to pretty much whatever they want. So we throw away what influence we have, gain nothing in return and have to go back cap in hand and get a worse deal. Thats the reality, we would be a relatively small inconsequential country dealing with the likes of USA / China / SE asia and the EU and hoping they are going to be nice to us... Sure if you want to be a minnow in sea of sharks, lets leave, we'll see what happens. If you think it isnt shark eat shark in this world look at the BP experience in the USA, or some of the trade deals the US has tried to impose on the EU. If it wasnt for the EU the US would have screwed us over a dozen times over.

I've been wondering this for some time; surprsied it hasn't been covered already here! And it's why I've been getting some plants from the EU quickly in case there ends up being a brexit. I'm firmly on the stay side. If not for our trade, but for our environment. Despite its flaws, the EU habitats directive is a powerful force for protecting our sensitive habitats. In the recent new manifesto produced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, despressingly, not one mention is made about our landscape, habitats, and protected species, but is full of how we can develop the countryside for people. If we leave the EU, our biodiversity is going to get shanked.

Who would have thought it was something so common! I was expecting some exotic kind of plant. Might pull it out and plant it in its own pot. I like heather! Thanks

I am almost there. Anyone else have photos of their monster plants? Hummers giant

You may recall back in August (post #85) i told you about my spathulata x dubia which never put out any lower pitchers for me (despite me acquring the plant as a small 8cm rosetted example), until it inflated an intermediate pitcher after 2 years in my care when the plant had vined to about 2ft high. A few weeks ago i noticed the plant had popped a basal, so i may get to see what the lower pitchers look like after all ! And now yesterday, i spotted inflorescence beginning to form on the main vine. This is my very first nepenthes flower, and to say i'm a bit excited is an understatement ! It's too early to tell yet whether it's male or female, but thoughts of hybridisation have naturally entered my head already . I think it'd be nice to try and get a bit of peristome striping into the mix.