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Post by martin on Mar 15, 2007 18:53:48 GMT -5
Your pitchers definatly have a good size. I'm curious to see that your plant is relatively small. Mine have grown quite tall, to about 6" (counted 15 leaves!) with 1" pitchers. Also, your leaf internodes seem small compared to mide, indicating you give it quite a lot of light.
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Post by Flytrap on Mar 15, 2007 19:11:13 GMT -5
Talangensis is sure a pretty little nep. I've got a few different forms of this little beast in my collection. the red lip one is the nicest.
According to some news stories a year or so back, the mountain that talangensis (Mt. Talang / Sumatra) originated from had been obliterated by volcanic activity... any truth to this? And if so, I assume that every talangensis growing in private collections has essentially "saved" this species from extinction.
In your face CITES witch hunters.
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Post by martin on Mar 15, 2007 19:24:11 GMT -5
;D
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Post by Flytrap on Mar 15, 2007 20:37:35 GMT -5
Found the reference... it's on Rob Cantley's www.borneoexotics.com Here's what Cantley says in his pricelist for N talangensis: Beautiful classical highland species, possibly extinct in the wild since the eruption of Mt. Talang. The deeply inset peristome is usually a soliddeep red, contrasting with the red and green speckled pitcher body.
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Post by lloyd on Mar 15, 2007 20:43:42 GMT -5
I just looked on google and it looks like some earthquakes, explosions & ash in 2005 but no wide scale obliteration (or obliveration as my son says) like Krakatoa. Probably the plants will be Ok even if people were forced out. The ash may even improve nutrient availabity for plants. By the way, let's keep the CITES comments down, our forum could be shut down at any time and all our plants confiscated (except U. subulata and D. capensis). For the record:
I, Lloyd Gordon, am in favour of everything CITES stands for and the subversive comments mentioned here do not reflect my personal views and the S. oreophila seeds in my fridge just appeared there and I had nothing to do with them.
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Post by tom on Mar 15, 2007 20:47:16 GMT -5
Olivier Marthaler told me too that there was natural disaster which occured on this mountain... but i dont have any others 'supportive' arguments toward this
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Post by Syble on Mar 16, 2007 8:37:10 GMT -5
I have read about the possibility that this species has become extinct in it's natural habbitat also but wondered how accurate it is. Heres the info on mine. it is a small planttotal height of 3.5", still only 5" diameter, pitcher is 2" tall. hmm as for lighting, I always thought my lighting might be on the poor side because things do not colour up so much? They sit about a foot away from the lights, which is 2 phillips plant and aquarium lights...4' tubes... its in a 2" pot, potted in live long fibered sphagnum and kept in standing water, more for the moss's benifit but the plant seams to like it also.... I can't think of anything more to say... Hope this helps... Oh and I do nothing to increase humidity, plants can either like it or leave (fortunatly nothing picks the latter!) Sib
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Post by Rick Hillier on Mar 16, 2007 9:39:06 GMT -5
Hy Syb,
Glad to see that your little beast came around for you.
As long as the plant is healthy, there is always the possibility of getting it right at some point in time.
>>> Rick <<<
BTW, how is your Cooks stuff doing?
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Post by Syble on Mar 16, 2007 21:57:45 GMT -5
the primuflora kinda dried to a crisp when I went to toronto unfortunately but I think everything else is doing well, Can't wait to get it in the ground and growing well! Thanks, Sib
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Post by Rick Hillier on Mar 17, 2007 8:05:44 GMT -5
That's a shame...I have a small P. primuliflora under my lights... if it make any plantlets, I'll hook you up with a couple.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by Syble on Mar 19, 2007 18:17:18 GMT -5
Dose anyone know if you can grow and get it to pitcher without the tendrils touching the ground? I think for now atleast it would be a good candidate for my tank with my frogs, I have special wall pots made up, and would like to have a few small type pitcher plants in there. I'm thinking this one and the gymnaphora...think those are the only ones I have that will stay smaller. Thanks, Sib
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