markvs Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Any body know anythingf about them, I was just given one, and know nothing, not even its name. It looks like a climbing rainforest plant, but who knows?? Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Look up Nepenthes on the net. If its a climbing rainforest type pitcher plant it'll be a Nepenthes. They are tropical, with highland and lowland species requiring different conditions. Some species and hybrids are relatively easy to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 i have this 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarracenia_purpurea and this 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarracenia_minor i guess the key to them is full sun and keep the soil wet (pot in a dish of water , if all else fails put them outside and keep the soil wet they will die back in winter and have new growth in summer most species will handle frost some even handle snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 if it look like a climbing vine with leaves that taper to a pitcher on the end it will be a Nepenthes. http://www.pitcherplant.com/care_sheets ... _care.html if it looks like tapered pitchers with a lid on coming up from the base it will be a Sarracenia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 I got a hybrid nepenthes, as well as a sarracenia and a cephalotus. I posted a thread a year or so ago about a field trip to find NZ Native carnivarous plants. They are awsome plants to keep, and always start a conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 I got a hybrid nepenthes, as well as a sarracenia and a cephalotus. I posted a thread a year or so ago about a field trip to find NZ Native carnivarous plants. They are awsome plants to keep, and always start a conversation. WANT THEM NOW!. Can anyone send me a PM where i might be able to find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 My partner loves them and we have quite a collection. One of the local pet shops specializes in them so she often gets another one if I feel guilty about buying fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 You can usually get them at local garden centre. Not at there best at the moment tho. I have a few, currently some are flowering and really amazing. The pitcher plant isn't as hardy as my others. Last winter I left them all in conservatory, but too cold and pitcher went very back over most of plant...this winter I left it in a box window in Kitchen and although slowed down growth, it stayed green and is beginning to get new growth. Just keep them in a dish of water. A bit of shingle in bottom can be used and keep water up about 2cm up side of plant container all summer .... good idea to have dish a bit bigger and deeper than youd normally use for size of planter as provides better humidity around plant and doesn't dry out as much. It will attract its own food by smell...you wont smell it...so don't be tempted to drop flies in the pitchers. Keep it well supported so pitchers hang in an upright position..looks quite cool with a realistic looking frog hanging amongst the pitchers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/ruapeh ... tml#216435 Heres a link to the thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 There are a few people selling Nepenthes on TradeMe, also through the NZ Carnivorous society. We have some at work, but aren't ready to start selling them yet. There are two different types of Nepenthes; highland and lowland. The lowland ones need constant warmth and humidity to stay healthy, the highland ones are a bit easier to grow. If anyone wants some small ones PM me and I'll see what I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 i've got a few pitcher plants growing in the trees at home, they creep through the branches, seem to get through winter ok too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Yeah some of the highland ones will do fine outdoors here. I was just at Bunnings Botany and they have some small ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 so they will do alright in our fernery then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Could do, do you get frosts down there? What sorta temperature does it drop down to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteS Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Carnivorous plants are cool. I grow them in old fish tanks inside, some grow outside in full sun and some also on window sills depending on what type of conditions they like. I'm going to the International Carnivorous Plants Society Conference in Sydney for a week then over to Perth WA for two weeks looking at CP's in the wild. Should be fun Supasi, Good to see that you are into native CP's and native fish. I have seen four types of sundews (Drosera) around MT Ruapehu, plus one bladderwort (Utricularia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Supasi, Good to see that you are into native CP's and native fish. I have seen four types of sundews (Drosera) around MT Ruapehu, plus one bladderwort (Utricularia). Cheers Pete Yeah Im into alsorts of things, much to the girlfriends disgust. I plan to take another trip up ruapehu this summer to look at the Drosera plants again. Nothing better than studying something in its natural environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 no frosts in the fernery, 47 mature king ferns in there its about 700 square metres, mamaku canopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Supasi, how did I miss your thread last year??? I did a trip about the same time with PeteS and a few others looking at CPs on Ruapehu! I have a few native CPs. I always like CPs then disvovered there were native ones - great to join the two loves! My native drosera: spatulata, binata, arcturi, pygmaea (I think) and a utriculata, not sure which. Misc non-natives, can't remember all the names: cephalotus, venus fry trap, drosera capensis, drosera binata variant: gigantea(?), several pinguiculas, several nepenthes, several sarracenias, including purpurea and leucophylla. I wish I was more of a CP geek, but there is only so much time in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Ha Stella Now ive got more reason to come and visit :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Likewise! What other interests do you have lurking there that I don't know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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