Milos Sula

It does not look like fungus. it is more like burn ( from chemical, light - when they are not acclimatized, cold water spray, maybe some kind of pests etc... )

probably fungus on nectar glands...do you have picture from bottom of the leaves ?

There are few options: 1.Try to bend the tip of the plant ( if possible ) below soil level. 2.Try to cut off small portion of "bark" on bottom of the stem and apply stimulator ( plant hormone ) 3.Cut off the plant few cm above soil level and hope for the best.

Hi, please does anyone have experience with Wistuba LED strips for growing seedlings or in vitro cultures ?

Thanks for the info. I have still the old sticker "H.tatei var. neblinae" in the pot, from the early times, when this specie was considered to be a variety of H.tatei :)

Hi, i have decided to take few pictures of this interesting form of N.maxima from Sulawesi. From all of the seedling i have sown before 5 years survived only one male plant: comparison with H.tatei H.neblinae: closeup look: For more info about history of this specie visit: http://masozraverost...e/N.maxima.html

Hi, my miniature form of N.maxima from Sulawesi ( 1600 a.s.l. ) is flowering. This plant is small, around 30cm in diameter with very nice pitchers. http://masozraverostliny.mzf.cz/index.php/72-prave-kvete

Mine plant created flower bud !!! It is early to tell if the plant is male or female.

6ppm is very good value. Common distilled water does have about 5ppm here. So it does look the sand is free of soluble salts. But if you bought sand with limestone ( nearly insoluble in normal conditions - in pure water ), you cannot measure it with conductometer and you cannot remove the calcium by boiling it in water.

Hi, i have got cleistogamous seeds from female N.truncata plant. Does anybody observed cleistogamy in female nepenthes plants ? Milos

Hi, before 4-5 years i have received few seeds of this miniature form of N.maxima (1600 asl ). These seeds were collected during the expedition to Donau(lake) Poso. I have succesfully propagated this plant in vitro. http://www.carnivoro...12_22.html#Poso Lower pitcher: Tendril attachment: Whole plant: Upper pitcher:

Hi , i have tried many times pine bark in nepenthes media, but the growth was poor. Please have you similar experience like me ? I have not used exactly bark from pinus pinea, but from other pinus species. Is there any difference between pinus barks ? regards Milos Sula

Wow, please do you have small division of this clone for sale/swap ? I can offer nepenthes. If you are interested i can send you the list.

BTW: i am wondering if Andreas will replace the plant with real N.insignis (Tayeve) not the Biak form...? I have found in my gallery some pictures of the mainland forms from my friend, but these are probably upper pitchers only - anybody does have picture of the lower pitchers ?: Mainland common form: Mainland green form:

Hi Gareth, the first plant is N.ventricosa, i doubt this is a N.insignis. I am growing and propagating N.insignis for a few years and none of them does have such red coloration of peristome and pitcher.Also the shape of the pitcher and peristome is different. This is typical pitcher of the mainland form: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/Lam_wn/f9350654.jpg