Awesome Highland Nepenthes Pitchers

Nepenthes vogelii

It's been a while since I've shared photos of my own plants. I've just been so caught up in finding new plants, that I haven't paid as much attention to my own collection recently in terms of talking about them, but I do have some neat updates.

Nepenthes inermis x ventricosa (center)
Nepenthes singalana x (ventricosa x sibuyanensis) (left)

Many of my highland Neps are growing quite well. My favorite, at this particular moment, is the Nepenthes vogelii at the top of this post. I'm sure that will change as I keep writing, but I've been wanting to see an upper N. vogelii pitcher since I first started growing the species in late 2014. I'm so glad that my cutting from Axel has produced one!

Nepenthes hamata

The other plants are all chugging along, too. A couple trays are very crowded with medium sized plants, but the "small plant" trays all have wonderful plants as well. That includes this nice little Nepenthes hamata. I can't wait to see it grow larger, too.(Some of the hamata hybrids are really fantastic, but I neglected to pull them out to get photographed).

Nepenthes lowii

Meanwhile, my Nepenthes lowii are growing steadily. The pitchers are consistently looking like adult lower pitchers. I'm hopeful that I'll see some more rapid growth soon, but each pitcher has been so consistently bigger that I'm not too worried about these guys growing steadily.

Nepenthes (lowii x veitchii) x burbidgeae

My lowii hybrids are also doing well. Although no longer as colorful as it was on the cover of my book, this Nepenthes (lowii x veitchii) x burbidgeae is still a charming plant. My guess is that, if it were in more intense light, it would colorup quite a bit more than it has in the current set-up.

Nepenthes spathulata

I also wanted to share one of the massive pitchers from my Nepenthes spathulata. It has quite a few pitchers at the moment, and I have been trying to keep them fed, but that is a difficult thing as it requires balancing their ability to support the weight of the pitcher against the need for food.

Nepenthes lowii

(Okay, one more photo of the lowii. It's such a great plant...now I fear it may be my favorite...aww, who am I kidding? They're all my favorite).

Nepenthes jamban

I'll end with this wonderful little Nepenthes jamban. The delicate plants, such as this and Nepenthes talangensis, are much more difficult for me to grow. They're much more demanding plants, but this one seems to be doing very well at the moment. One day, I might have better climate control ability and that will alleviate some of the issues with these smaller, more delicate plants.