[rajah seeds for sale]

I recently noticed someone selling Nep seeds here & on the Nep forum who sounded very similar to someone from the recent past. After doing a little digging, I re-located this thread. Since there is no evidence that this person has done anything wrong, I'm making this post to suggest that any potential purchasers do their homework....

Here on CPUK - there are a number of similarities between Rob-tron and this individual, Bongo, selling a host of Nep seeds. For starters, Rob-tron left the forum around 02 May 2012 and Bongo joined the forum 08 May 2012. Wording & species are also very similar.

On the Nep forum - Coincidentally, an individual, Hungry, has recently posted similar seeds.

[Nice stuff flowering]

Alexander,

Beautiful pics!

Are there any carnivorous plants that you don't grow (or that you grow poorly)??

[U. jamesoniana flower]

Very nice -and congrats to your hybridization success!

Well, I won't know about success until there are germinations. The Orchidioides find many ways to fail for me ... Here's a pic of the harvested seed --- really like dust.

[Rare S. purpurea venosas from Georgia]

Michael,

Your collection continues to astound me! Amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[U. jamesoniana flower]

A quick follow-up pic with the U. jamesoniana. It seems that each time I take the plaque down, I find another new stalk (now 6). The pod in the middle was the 1st flower & it was pollinated w/ U. asplundi (& it seems to have taken - but we'll see). I tried to use U. alpina pollen for the bottom two but none of the 5-6 flowers I have open had any really useable pollen (what's up w/ that??).

One of the interesting things with this plant (for me anyway) was that I originally placed a small start in dead sphagnum in the middle of this plaque. As you can see in this current pic, the plant has mostly avoided this middle area where it was started and colonized both above & below the original (but outside the sphagnum).

[largest flower]

Several of the Orchidioides utrics have large, impressive flowers - it really depends on what you enjoy. I love the white flowers (w/ yellow throat) of U. alpina - especially the 'Pittier Moon' clone - over here on Bob's photofinder (mine are near the bottom w/ RL7836 in the file name). In addition, U. alpina is quite forgiving for new growers.

[UTRICULARIA Bisquamata "Betty's Bay"]

..sometimes bisquamata can even become a weed!

James,

I suspect you're thinking of the small-flowered, hyper-self-seeding nasty U. bisquamata - which is truly a weed and should be kept out of collections (imho). The 'Betty's Bay' cultivar is actually quite restrained and well-behaved with it's growth habit and doesn't self-seed. The larger flower also makes for a much more enjoyable plant. Many thanks to Mr. Morley for bringing it into cultivation.

[Drew Martinez's Huge Nepenthes Collection]

Wow - I love seeing plants in the areas where people actually grow them. Thanks to both you & Drew for the views of some exceptional plants & the habitat in which they live.

[An unusual Anglica leaf]

I have a similar leaf on one of my anglicas too. It seems to be common among anglicas...?

I've grown several plants from two locations in Hawaii for several years but never noticed any leaves like this. For the folks who have had these leaves - where are they from?

[U. cv. Jitka flowers]

Great pics - thanks for sharing!

I seem to recall that U. 'Jitka' is not fertile - any idea about the U. alpina × campbelliana cross?

[U. jamesoniana flower]

Nice pictures Ron, I make the same hybrid.

Do you have flower pictures?

No - no flowers yet. It still has some growing to do. I found the leaf shape interesting and thought I'd share.

I was very happy that I had germinations - many / most of my hybrid attempts either do not produce any seed or the seed is produced but does not germinate - very frustrating!

[U. jamesoniana flower]

I posted this as part of a longer, ongoing utric info-sharing thread on another forum but thought I should also share on this side of the pond ... 8^)

The U. jamesoniana opened it's 1st flower a few days ago, so this weekend I took it out for pics & pollination.

and the treefern plaque (one flower & at least 2 more buds)

On a completely different topic - a cross I made last year (but just now getting some size)

I know some others have posted pics with this cross but I was still quite shocked by how much the leaves have morphed into a reniformis shape. For me, this wasn't at all obvious given the leaf shapes of the two parents.

.... and last a quick pic of one of the two alpina's currently flowering

..... and really last - a link to some U. asplundii flower pics that I posted in other threads but not here.

[D.Regia Help]

Good read over on the ICPS growing guide pages.

[Utricularia endresii in flower]

Incredibly beautiful - thanks for sharing!

[U. asplundii flowers]

I'm sure everyone's interested to hear about your cultivation methods.

Thanks for the kind thoughts! These plants are in a 75 gal tank in my basement (those of us without greenhouses have to make do with what we have).

Conditions:

- cool basement temperatures (approx mid 70's*F (24*C) during day & mid 60's*F (18*C) at night -- roughly 5*F (2.8*C) degrees warmer in summer). Tank w/ U. campbelliana sits on the cement floor & is roughly 4-5*F cooler.

- media - live LFS (U. jamesoniana & U. campbelliana are on plaques)

- 4" netpots - top watered when surface live LFS starts to look dry (no water tray - excess water drains)

- live LFS is placed between pots on shelf and in bottom of tank (I do this in all of my tanks to maintain a decent humidity level & also as a visual indicator)

Here's the tank:

Last year I deliberately allowed a U. nelumbifolia & U. humboldtii clone to 'escape' into the lower regions of the tank (in the LFS & prolifera mess). These plants thrived like nothing else I've grown. The U. nelumbifolia leaves reached ~4" diameter so they had to go (shaded everything else). One of the U. humboldtii leaves can be seen on the far back right of the tank pic. It's roughly 18" high by 2.5" wide.

Quick flower pic from another clone. This has much longer lobes & darker colors:

There is a longer term Orchidioides discussion thread on Terra where this kind of info/pics are regularly shared/discussed. Anyone interested is welcome to participate. The first post also contains links to many excursions featuring these plants in their native habitat.

[U. asplundii flowers]

I've been waiting for over a month to dig this plant out of it's regular home for a few pics (major tangles!!) - so today was the day ...

U. asplundii, Chiwinda Ecuador (short lobe clone)

There's approximately 50 stalks in there. I counted multiple times, getting counts from 48 to 56. Wow - that cinderblock sure doesn't do the plant justice ... ??? ... but there's no way I can dig that thing out again ...

Views of flowers...

[N. tenuis]

Where did you get it?

Herr Wistuba.

The plant loves to bury the tendrils into the moss (even more than my N. argentii) and inflate buried pitchers (or ones where only the lids are exposed). The colors are much better when I pull them up & have them sit on top of the moss.

This month's pitcher seems to be significantly taller than the last bunch.

... cuttings available soon?

Not yet. Although the leaves are getting longer/wider and the pitchers larger, the internodal distance on the stem remains unchanged @ ~1.5cm.

[Unusual Leaves]

If you grow Cephs for a while, you'll likely find some interesting leaves, usually in the spring when they can't make up their mind. When I notice them, I try & snap a pic. There are a bunch of pics in my growlist but here's my favorite:

... and probably my 2nd favorite:

[Drosera falconerii and the Ants]

Fantastic habitat video & beautiful plants!! Thanks for sharing!

[Newbie cephalotus grower]

I would choose sunny windowsill and low humidity place.

Just understand that any drastic change carries risks. *If* the plant was originally growing in a humid, moderate-light terrarium, placing it in a low-humidity, south window can put it into extreme shock (possibly death).

[N. tenuis]

People who view multiple CP forums have likely seen some of these pics, but I understand there are also people here on CPUK that aren't on the others so ...

This guy has grown happily for the past year or two in my small office terrarium. While similar to the others, the newest pitcher seems to have some more color and a slightly wider peristome - or it's my imagination. Either way, I'm enjoying it ...

N. tenuis

[Sudden collapse!]

Any prevention methods?

Cool temps (as Andreas notes) and some people believe strongly in the use of Trichoderma.

[U. reniformis]

Definitely one of my favorite flowers - congratulations!!

Looking good James. Mine isn't showing any signs of flowering.

Sadly - same here. Four different clones - no flowers....

All 3 clones of U. asplundii are flowering - one with more than 28 stalks. Would love to trade a few of the asplundii for some U. reniformis stalks .... the season is still young - there is still hope ...

[miniature orchids....]

Wow! i missed this thread - truly amazing!! The diversity of these little guys is amazing.

How often do you water the plants on your wall?

[First flowers of 2012]

Jarkko,

Thanks for the great pics!

Here's another of my self-made hybrids, Utricularia nelumbifolia × nephrophylla "white flower". I'm a little disappointed about the flower, but luckily I have more flowerscapes coming from different plants of the same cross.

So the U. nelumbifolia was the seed parent on this cross? When I've tried this cross (both ways), I only got seed from the U. nephrophylla side and then it was not a large number like I would normally get with a good pollination.