Date: Wed, 30 Apr 97 17:20 EDT From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1734$foo@default> Subject: Nep Rajah???
Hello Andreas,
> > six months and at first I put in with other highlanders, but it
> > started to loose it's leaves. It was still growing but the number
> > of leaves was decreasing! When it got down to about three leaves
> > I transplanted it into a 4 inch pot and stuck in the zip-loc.
> > After only four months in there, it has grown at least ten leaves.
> > The newest leaf (not counting the tendril and pitcher) is three
> > inches long.
>
> While I agree that N. rajah is not too difficult to grow I doubt that
> your plant really is a N. rajah. I never heared of a plant growing
> that fast. I would call it slow but not too difficult.
I think you've told us temps your rajah grow in, but I don't
recall the exact numbers... Mine are kept at 75~F (24~C.) night,
80~F. (27~C.) day. Tendrils for the pitchers do start dropping
before the end of the leaf. If it is not N. rajah, I would believe
it to be a hybrid with it.?. Plus, I've been feeding it Tubifex
worms and water it now and again with some SuperThrive sol..
Looking back, I should have realized the roots were probably damaged
from travel - I should have treated it more like a cutting. It was
growing pretty darn slow when I first received it, but now it's a
lot happier. :) With summer coming, I'll have to move it downstairs
were it's cooler. Since there seems to be so much doubt about ST,
I figured it wasn't worth mentioning, but sure seems to work to me.
Dave Evans
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