gabgabinou

March 8, 2020

Hello,

I just saw this post which is really interesting.
I'm working in Le Havre botanical garden (France) and have diploma in experimentation on plant since 2018.

Can you tell me more about the product and the results you attempt ?
And of course, if that post is still relevant ?

Best regards,

Gabin

August 29, 2019

Your N. dactilyfera is really impressive ! Never heard about this specie, is it a highland one ?

August 17, 2019

Hi,

The first is N. x ventrata
For the second, it's an hybrid, but one ?

March 20, 2018

Wondefull !

March 12, 2018

The first picture reminds me N. ventricosa x sibuyanensis x sabre dark chery but I don't think this it.

But 100% sure that it's not pure burkei.

For the second photo, yeah, it looks like sumatrana indeed

March 12, 2018

Welcome :)

July 6, 2017

Thank you guys for your support !
It's really "enjoyable"

I will let you know for the futur, i'm not giving up !

June 23, 2017

1 hour ago, AndeeUK said:

I was looking over your topic thinking how beautiful your plants are and came to your last picture. My heart stopped and my stomach hit the ground. I had the very same thing happen to me on my allotment. One night my potting shed was burnt to the ground in an arson attack. Although I didn't have any plants of value in it, I did lose £1500 approx, cost of shed, tools etc. That day I could have cried as I had put everything into it. It was the heart of my allotment and everything centered on it. So losing everything that you have done and are proud of I understand. I feel for you. These plants are not like tomato plants that can be grown in a season, these take years of love and dedication, they are your pets, they are your family, they are your life.

I have only been keeping carnivorous plants for about a year and don't have any of quality yet that I could send. I wish I could.

With my allotment I did continue and I have not two greenhouses and a new shed in the process of being built. I didn't give up and you shouldn't either. Restart again, but you will have learnt by the mistakes you made earlier, you will now be better and wiser.

All I can say is good luck for the future, but don't turn your back and such a wonderful hobby.

God bless

Andrew

Thank you so much for you compassion...
No I won't give up at all, I just can't. As you said, this is my life.

June 23, 2017

(click on the picture to see the video)

This tuesday was supposed to be the most important day in my life. I did my oral tests in foreign city, from the end of my studies that I'm passionate about and are the catalyst to my professional future.
Unfortunatly, it was also my WORST day ever. 8 years of passion, investment dropped off the map in 20 minutes.
The fire may come from "waterproof" LED lights which have been tripped during my oral tests and caused the loss of everything important to my heart.
Nepenthes were my reason to wake up in the morning, the goal in my life, my passion.
I don't even know what my feelings are currently, I'm just chocked as f*** about what just happened.
There is absolutely nothing left. Nothing to save, nothing to recover, nothing to get back or give out to my passionated friends while I start something new again...

I don't know what to say, don't know what to do anymore.
I'm just freaking disgusted...

---

I still think i'll restart the activity, an insurance expert visits me on Tuesday.
Normally the greenhouse is not insurable, on the other hand what it contained yes.
So I will try to do my best to find the least invoice regarding plants and equipment to try to recover a few euros that will be necessary if I intend to start all over again.

One thing is certain, I can not give up this dream ...

Here...

So there will not be too much news about me for the coming months, unless ...

An advice, pay attention to the electrical connections and the reliability of the products you buy ...

April 27, 2017

Hi !

Here is an old picture of mine, it's a really slow grower to me...
Don't have current picture with pitchers lol

April 7, 2017

Keep us apdated my friend!

However, I can't see any ovata or flava in it, this pitcher is really elongated and has not the round shape of the flava group.
Anyway, the shape of that plant is really curious and interesting!

First thought was hamata or eddie shape because of the teeth we can see ahah

March 16, 2017

Hi everybody !

The beautiful days come back and it is felt in the greenhouse, in the temperatures also ... :: e21
It was time to discover the banana trees and palm trees outside.
The problem, a lot of grass and bad have settled all around the greenhouse, and it's not very aesthetic. I am also lazy in terms of weeding so I opted for a solution of lazy: cartons and a mulching over. ;

So putting up cartons around the greenhouse and around the banana trees / palm tree.

This autumn, I made an enormous cut on the only tree in the garden, an Acer negundo. I crushed as many branches as possible, which gave me a big pile of barks.
This allowed me to put everything around the greenhouse, over the cartons to give a more natural effect. Normally the cardboard should degrade itself and "kill" the weeds that were underneath originally.

Well this is not the most beautiful effect, but I find it cleaner now;)
I do not know, but I hope it will benefit bananas and palm as a mulch.

Anyway, I could not post only that, so here is a small series of nice plants right now ... :)
Enjoy '

N. ventricosa x ephippiata

N. maxima 'Dark' x veitchii EP

My very old N. inermis who has not moved for months or even years finally gave me thanks for his first pitchers, moreover, uppers !
A nice basal popped up, I have the joy to discover my first lower at the same time ^^

Similarly for N. talangensis, no growth for months, obviously no pitchers either for years but here, first pitcher, and an upper one. Well I hope the following ones will be a little bigger and attractive anyway;)

A promising little one, N. truncata 'Giant' x ovata EP

A hurdy-gurdy, slowly growing, I still wait for the upper for years, but it does not decide: p
N. (lowii x veitchii) x boschiana

Another that leaves me very impatient: N. truncata 'Giant' x trusmadiensis

N. burbidgeae x platychila who had only vegetated for a year, finally decides also to redo pitchers..
If she could be a female .... :p

A plant that I bought years ago as seedling which makes its way quietly, I named N. talangensis x platychila!
So here, if some of you have had the opportunity to buy it too, I will be very curious to see what happens to you, because I can hardly tell myself that there is talangensis in it ... lol

Well, that's all for this time ...
See you soon ! :)
Gabin

February 13, 2017

Well it's recycling equipment from an old Greenhouse.
For the 2 sides, it's polycarbonate plates and for the "roof" it's an old greenhouse cover. ;)

February 12, 2017

Hello everyone !

Small update, I bought a LED kit to put inside the "greenhouse in the greenhouse". The first goal is being to be able to cultivate 2 or 3 lowland species.
No heating inside yet , and anyway the temperature at the moment does not allow me to buy lowland plants by having them delivered with that kind of weather.
So, space is used by my seedlings and cuttings ...;)

A little heating will soon take place and I will wait until spring to be able to try the culture of a N. mirabilis var echinostoma and N. bicalcarata ...;)

Meanwhile, 2 pictures of some nice current nepenthes...

and N. 'Predator'

November 20, 2016

Some random shots this afternoon !

N. lowii x campanulata

N. ((lowii x veitchii) x campanulata) x truncata

N. ventricosa x spectabilis

A classic one, N. glandulifera, always beautiful, can't wait for the vine !

the last one, N. veitchii x burbidgeae

Cheers ! :)

August 7, 2016

Hi !

By "media" I mean what is your substrate ?

By the way, I'm not sure your stenophylla is a pure one, it really looks like a N. glandulifera hybrid to me, look at hair and dots ! ;)

I also love the peristomes on your N. rafflesiana, so toothy !

July 28, 2016

Really nice mate !
Beautiful plants !

What's your media ?

:)

July 25, 2016

Hi everyone !

After one week of vacation next to the see, I'm enjoying the sun from Normandy and the light it gives to my nep :)

N. maxima 'dark' x veitchii EP

N. lowii x veitchii making its first pitcher of the season !
Btw, it making it's first flower spike ! Now, I know it's a male, if anyone is interested with.. ;)

To end this post, here is the first pitcher since I bought it last year of N. x Mixta !

(Close to the N. lowii x veitchii's flower spike)

If anyone interested, do not hesitate ! :)

Cheers

Gabin

July 11, 2016

Do you hva e closer picture of your first nepenthes, the one you call N. fusca.

Leaves reminds me the ones of N. clipeata, don't looks like N. fusca to me.

June 28, 2016

This is gorgeous ! Congratulations !

Such a nice Gh and collection :)

June 23, 2016

Nice shots and plants !

June 23, 2016

It all depends on the size of your greenhouse really and whether your neps are lowland or highland, as they will have specific temperature needs. But how this would affect your other plants requirements, i'm not sure. Of course, it's also possible to partition the greenhouse if you want different climate zones.

That's right, don't forget that isolation is one of the key to save money with heating :)

I don't spend that much of money in winter thanks to that in my GH.

I live in north of France.