Lowland Nepenthes and Butterwort Update

Nepenthes kongkandana

The most prolific pitcherer of all my Nepenthes, and certainly one of the fastest growers is this Nepenthes kongkandana. It's one of those red lowlanders from Thailand (i.e. a "Tiger" pitcher plant), and is an excellent grower. If there's one lowland plant with red pitchers from Thailand to get, it's a kongkandana.

Nepenthes menehune a.k.a. Nepenthes ventricosa x campanulata

This older, fading pitcher on my Nepenthes menehune is still quite stunning. In its prime, the pitchers are a nice, glowing yellow. As they fade to brown, they pass through the same color spectrum as the autumn leaves, quite nice once the leaves outside have long fallen.

Nepenthes rafflesiana

Here's the newest lowlander, courtesy Ryan Georgia. I picked up this pink Nepenthes rafflesiana at the NECPS fall show and it has been doing quite well. It actually reminds me of a Nepenthes hamata a little with a bit of a hairy lid and tiny teeth on the back of the peristome.

Pinguicula Guatemala 3000m

My Pings have recently undergone extensive repotting and relocating, due to the bad influence of the heating in my new apartment causing them severe distress. Now, they're all located inside a terrarium with high humidity, which seems to be successfully mitigating the very dry air in the apartment itself.

Pinguicula cyclosecta

So far, they seem to be responding well to the relocation, although relocating them did severely limit the amount of space I have for them. (Frankly, I'm actually out of space for them!). And, what's worse, is that the effects of the dry heat were so severe as to destroy most of the infant leaf pullings I had just made, an unfortunate outlook for the plants.

Pinguicula ANPA A

One of the few Pings still flowering is this Pinguicula ANPA A. It has a very nice, white and purple flower that is quite unlike most Mexican Pings. I look forward to my plants regaining their strength and making some attempts to get some seed set.