Pitcher perfect

[jimothy]

Ventrata - put out three new basal shoots over the winter, all of which are now pitchering nicely, along with the main vine:

The lower pitcher (on the right) belongs to only the fifth leaf produced by one of the basals, and yet is as big as the full-sized upper next to it. I had no idea they developed so fast:

...which makes me very excited about my ventricosa, which is pitchering brilliantly now, and has just produced two basal shoots, too (hidden by the stem and label):

This beauty is about 5" tall:

finally, a long way to go, but my Burbidgea is pitchering for the first time since I've had it, and I'm glad to see that they're starting to show the striped peristome of the mature ptichers....

Edited May 27, 2008 by jimothy

[mobile]

Lovely looking plants. I've had a ventrata on my bathroom windowsill for some time and it has never shown any sign of pitchering - in fact I was thinking of throwing it in the compost pile but your picture has inspired me to give it a little longer.

[LJ]

Very nice Jim, I think these neps are a little under-appreciated so its good to see some pics. They may be easier than most but they still produce great looking pitchers.

I've had a ventrata on my bathroom windowsill for some time and it has never shown any sign of pitchering

Mobile, how on earth have you managed that one!! Have you thought about moving it? Perhaps it needs a bit more light, a lot of bathroom windows have patterns so you cant really see through them properly. Might be worth misting it a few times a day too.

[mobile]

Mobile, how on earth have you managed that one!! Have you thought about moving it? Perhaps it needs a bit more light, a lot of bathroom windows have patterns so you cant really see through them properly. Might be worth misting it a few times a day too.

The bathroom window is the brightest in the house, it gets good light all day. That's why I was thinking of throwing the ventrata, because it is taking up a prime growing position and only rewards me with leaves

[LJ]

Perplexing Mobile, it should be one of the easiest neps!! Mine is very quick to pitcher and the humidity only reads about 64% generally. Have you had it long?? If its getting a decent amount of light then perhaps humidity is the problem?? Either that or its taking a long time to settle in

There are some nice easy hybrids out there though that might be worth a try if it doesnt pitcher soon. Nothing worse (or more frustrating) than a nep that refuses to pitcher!!

Heather

[fitheglasscatfish]

That is a fast growing vine- impressive- are you being particularly nice to it?

Fix

[Tuuagso]

woow, that ventrata is awesome !!

[mobile]

If its getting a decent amount of light then perhaps humidity is the problem?? Either that or its taking a long time to settle in

The winter days are quite short this far north, so maybe that's the reason? The summer days are quite long though, it's still light at 10pm at present so maybe it'll start to pitcher through summer?

[jimothy]

The winter days are quite short this far north, so maybe that's the reason? The summer days are quite long though, it's still light at 10pm at present so maybe it'll start to pitcher through summer?

Could be a seasonal thing, certainly - most of my neps don't pitcher at all (or only very sporadically) through the winter, although I put this down to low temperatures, rather than light levels. They're certainly making up for lost time now, though...