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The very first Nepenthes I grew from seed! This wild complex hybrid comes all the way from a grower in Thailand
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Super blurry photos of the parents - definitely should have saved a better photo from the original Ebay listing!
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Only 3 seedlings survived!
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Largest pitcher looks promising?
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This incredibly complex hybrid was actually my very first attempt at growing Nepenthes from seed! We were about 6 months into the COVID Pandemic and I saw these on offered on Ebay by Thailand grower natta-chang. I was looking for something new and challenging to do at home during quarantine and I thought - why not? Even though Nepenthes are notoriously difficult to grow from seed, I decided to give it a go anyways.
These poor seeds took almost a month to arrive and I had very little hope that any would survive. I just let them stay bagged up for months and lo and behold, 5 germinated nearly 3 months later! I was an inexperienced new parent and ended up losing 2 of them to fungal attack. Nearly 3 years later, they are looking great though! Soon I will be potting them into their own pots. Not sure if the tiny third sibling will survive, but I will at least have two siblings to compare from this first experiment! We will see how they turn out!
These poor seeds took almost a month to arrive and I had very little hope that any would survive. I just let them stay bagged up for months and lo and behold, 5 germinated nearly 3 months later! I was an inexperienced new parent and ended up losing 2 of them to fungal attack. Nearly 3 years later, they are looking great though! Soon I will be potting them into their own pots. Not sure if the tiny third sibling will survive, but I will at least have two siblings to compare from this first experiment! We will see how they turn out!
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Current Growing Conditions:
Intermediate/Highland Grow Tent Light: Mars Hydro TSL 2000 LED Grow Light Humidity: ~95-100% constant Temperature: ~60F night and 80F day Water: Moist but not wet Potting Mix: 50% long fibered sphagnum moss 50% perlite Fertilizer: MaxSea (1/4 tsp/gallon) every other week into pitchers and lightly spray leaves Additional Notes: Slow growing compared to my complex lowland seedlings |
Example Day/Night Cycle (measured using SensorPush)
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