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N. pervillei seed


Rob-Rah

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Hi,

I have 10 N. pervillei seeds coming my way. I don't suppose anyone has successfully germinated these? Standard conditions? Shredded LFS with sand standing in water, under light (or do I bury?) and kept warm?

Any advice gratefully received.

(And, yes, I will be distributing plants in due course if I get a good germination as 10 is even too much for me to grow to maturity)

Cheers.

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I dont really know about veillardii but I germinated some ventricosa some time ago(traded almost all away now)

I just germinated them in shredded LFS, not standing in water just some clear plastic foil over it and I only had to water it 2 times during the 2 months of germination, I kept them 28 C daytemp and 22 night and it did just fine..about 70% germinated

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I germinated some lowlanders, highlanders and some hybrids. After some testing, I always use pure peat. I don't use sphagnum as the seeds get lost in it and seem to dry out quickly. On normal wet peat with some air circulation I got the highest germination rates (did some experiments). After germination the seedlings are transfered to fresh peat with some (only 1-2 per cm pot size!!! Most times only 4-5 pearls in a 7cm pot for security reasons) osmocote fertilizer pearls 2 cm deep in the substrate. All pots are in water trays as I lost most seeds/seedlings to stupid advices "keep Nepenthes always not too wet" etc...

Germination is easy, growing them from seedlings to plants is harder.

See this thread: http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11371

Jan

Edit: At the moment my host seems to be down, probably you'll see no pictures in the other thread.

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I have attempted to grow it twice. Neither time was a success. I can tell you that it doesn't like typical lowland conditions. Red/brown spotting on the leaves indicated too little light and the plant pined away rapidly. This seems to be a plant that when it decides it's going to expire, it does so very quickly. It doesn't seem to like bark-based composts, nor live sphagnum very much.

I have got these seeds in order to be able to experiment a little with different conditions. My best guess now is to place it into my petiolaris tank (22-35C and bright light, and not overwhelmingly humid), or even try it on a normal south-facing windowsil in the home. I am going to try a range of soils for the seedlings, but I am most hopeful that a mix of gritty sand and shredded dead LFS might be ok. Seramis might also prove acceptable (it grows on sandy, rocky, shallow soils, lots of sun, hot days and intermediate nights).

So.... sorry, can't give advice, but these are just hunches. And don't grow it as a typical lowlander!

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Rob

Hope you have some success in this, i've fancied trying this one for a quite a while but not done it yet, am interested to know if I can get seeds from somewhere or plants (wistuba seems to be allways out of em). My hunch was sunny and dry, succulent style, but never had the opportunity to try yet, hope you have good success.

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Good luck; the seeds from this species seem to remain viable for a longer period than many others (something I believe it has in common with N. madagascariensis). As for growing conditions, I think you may have the right idea; its habitat is mainly exposed and gets scorching hot in the day time with a pronounced decrease in humidity through the middle part of the day, tending toward very high humidity in the morning and evening. Also, if you chuck in some oceanic breezes, very infrequent seagull crap and fine salt spray to simulate natural storms, the plants should feel in their element.

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