Thanks for watching. I find them surprisingly tolerant and easy to grow. My N. jacquelineae definately sulks when the weather gets a bit warmer as it is a true highland plant which doesn't usually see temps over 27 degrees C.
Oliver nice clear video I have 3 N. Alata my main growth stem is quite spindly but it has a lot of leaf on leaf growth on top, I also have 2 new basil shoots with leaves, should you remove the spindly section to encourage more vigorous growth from the basil area. I do use a made in china mister which runs of the computers usb port. the plants grow indoors on a north facing window until summer when the go out side behind a fence lots of light but no direct sun.
After watching your videos on Nepenthes I purchased a Nepenthes burkei. They said it was a good starter for a first timer. I have had it for 3 month's and am wondering when should the top open up. The leaves look medium green and the pictures are starting to color. Is it because they are not mature and too young to open. When are they suppose to open. Thanks for your great videos, I learn a lot.
N. burkei is known to be a very tolerant and amenable grower. This is an excellent first plant and should prove quite vigorous. My new pitchers take about 1-3 months to mature and open. Once they are fully formed and swollen the pitcher lid should pop up quite quickly. Make sure to feed it if it is in a greenhouse or indoors. I pop 1X Osmocote slow release pellet in one of the pitchers ever 3 months. This produces a quite fast growing plant. Good luck and thanks for the kind comment.
You should get one. They grow very happily in warm, intermediate or cold temps depending on their native range. I have always wanted to try my luck with Neofinetia. Is it true, that disturbing their flowers used to be punishable by death in Japan? Thank you for watching and commenting
Oliver's Greenhouse the pithers are hard to get in sweden, i saw some of them in this size one time long from where i live. and id lile to see the actual plant i buy because i want a nice healthy one. and that seems less possible in sweden even in webshops. so i wait to stumble upon one again. the neos has a great history dating back to 1600. they are mpst likeöy the first orchid species kept as houseplants but was only for the rich and noble people back then. like kings and samurais. it was strictly forbidden to look at the plant without a silver mesh globe over it. only the owner could do that. and that is probably what you've heard about. under the period after (or during?) the edo period, people were not aloud to do creative things and ot was a very depressing time. also the neofinetia was then not so popular because it brought joy to people. which was not aloud. then again in the end of 1800-beginning of 1900, there was a huge change in japan which led to more freedom to express you creativeness, artistry and joyus things. at that point the neofinetia was getting popular again, and got more available and affordable for everyone. it was also under this period japan began to become a land of very different and exaggerated styles of clothes, make-up, music etc. because people could enjoy themselves again. which is alsp the reason why neofinetia is still popular. and now starting to reach eu and US. they are very easy to care for. some might decide to not bloom for some years, only growing strong for a while. so i suggest you get some plants instead of one to make sure ypu get to enjoy the lovely scent!😍
What a fantastic reply. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question and provide me with all that supplementary information. It is apparent that you really know your Neofinetia.
Oliver's Greenhouse no problem!:) im happy to tell people all about them! they are truly historical plants. though there is a lpt more to learn because much of the information about neofinetia is wrotten in japanese kanji, which makes it hard to translate. and then english is not very common in japan, so it will take time and dedication for someone to translate everything from the japanese books for example. and thank you for this video!:)
Nice video oliver, I would have a question ... maybe you can help me? My saracenien is at the rotten at the growth point which really surprised me because I am living in germany and the nights are still cool what should i do?
I am sorry to hear that. I will try to help if I can. Has any new growth emerged from the rhizome yet? mine are outside and have only just started to wake from dormancy. A healthy rhizome will be very important in order to enable the plant to produce new growth. The rhizome is where the plant stores all of its carbohydrates for the following years growth. If this is decayed? then chances of recovery are very low. you will need to inspect this area carefully in order to ascertain whether it is rotten. If it is then most likely the plant is lost. I wonder why it rotted in the first place? Kind Regards
Hello oliver, there are rubra and leucophylla the rotten. I have now put them drier :( In the Winternights we had in West Germany 10 minus now we have 15-20 degrees in the day, in nights 10 degrees Thanks for your quick reply
Freezing of plant cells causes the cell vacuole to expand breaking the cell wall. Consequently, the cell dies and necrosis begins. We see this damage as rotting of the resting bud. Unfortunately, this can often terminal. The plants may grow back from the roots or rhizome as long as they are not affected but you may have to consider replacing the plants. Sorry fella
great video i have a question about my nepenthes ventrata it is making new tendrils and that is good but Just behind after the tip of the New pitcher it is very thin there but only there do u know why maby ? de growing conditions are its in a north east window whit day temp of around 20 C' and low temp of 16 C' the humidity is low because i grow it in my window 😅 but i spray the tendrils every evening it gets about 1 hour of direct sun light morning sun and if its very sunny 2 hours thx for the help i dont know if i need to be worried but thx
+Azure Hunter Is then plant producing pitchers which last for a long time and maintain an appropriate level of liquid in them at all times? What colour are the leaves? Dark green or light grassy or slightly red? Maybe the plant isn't getting enough light. How often do you feed it?
Oliver's Greenhouse i got the plant in oktober it was about 70 cm high in the winter i placed the plant in a south window but Just a few weaks ago the sun was to bright and did a little burn damage so i placed the plant where it is now every new leaf is light green when i got it it made one pitcher but i read on forums that the lightning levels in winter are to low so i wasn 't really worried but here in the netherlands lands is the spring for this year very sunny and worm it gets alot of food in my window there are a lot of small bugs you know not flyes but much smaller thx for the replay
I am trying my luck at these Nepenthes. I don't have much experience with them, but they are pretty amazing carnivorous plants! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching. I find them surprisingly tolerant and easy to grow. My N. jacquelineae definately sulks when the weather gets a bit warmer as it is a true highland plant which doesn't usually see temps over 27 degrees C.
LGW3 Orchids & Exotics good luck
Will you transplant the Basil shoots soon? Great vid Thanks from Alberta Can.
Pouring plant spit 🤣💕
Sad I just discovered your channel. Hope you're doing alright out there.
I remember when my pitcher plant was that small. it looks great. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.
I would love to see how big your plant is. Send me a pic via googl+ if you like. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Did a short vid on the picture plant today. She looks great. Happy growing.
Great video, seems a bit itchy which made me laugh! Who am I though, I'm out in the trails daily and had many incidences.
This video very helpful thank you
It came out beautifully.nice video.thx👍🏻
Straight forward and informative thanks a lot: Southampton UK
Oliver nice clear video I have 3 N. Alata my main growth stem is quite spindly but it has a lot of leaf on leaf growth on top, I also have 2 new basil shoots with leaves, should you remove the spindly section to encourage more vigorous growth from the basil area. I do use a made in china mister which runs of the computers usb port. the plants grow indoors on a north facing window until summer when the go out side behind a fence lots of light but no direct sun.
Your lights is bright can't see it good. What you going to with older moss? Can reuse it?
After watching your videos on Nepenthes I purchased a Nepenthes burkei. They said it was a good starter for a first timer. I have had it for 3 month's and am wondering when should the top open up. The leaves look medium green and the pictures are starting to color. Is it because they are not mature and too young to open. When are they suppose to open. Thanks for your great videos, I learn a lot.
N. burkei is known to be a very tolerant and amenable grower. This is an excellent first plant and should prove quite vigorous. My new pitchers take about 1-3 months to mature and open. Once they are fully formed and swollen the pitcher lid should pop up quite quickly. Make sure to feed it if it is in a greenhouse or indoors. I pop 1X Osmocote slow release pellet in one of the pitchers ever 3 months. This produces a quite fast growing plant. Good luck and thanks for the kind comment.
I accidentally knocked mine over and had to do an emergency repot 😅 I hope it doesn't damage the plant
Can you root the cuttings??? Tks
Looks like rebecca soper might be lighting
can we use a bigger pot than the one you show . my plante is about 3 feet high in a very small pot
Do you sell the seed ?... i love this plant and trying to grow and i want difference kind of them.
its a very nice informative video. makes me want one!
You should get one. They grow very happily in warm, intermediate or cold temps depending on their native range. I have always wanted to try my luck with Neofinetia. Is it true, that disturbing their flowers used to be punishable by death in Japan? Thank you for watching and commenting
Oliver's Greenhouse the pithers are hard to get in sweden, i saw some of them in this size one time long from where i live. and id lile to see the actual plant i buy because i want a nice healthy one. and that seems less possible in sweden even in webshops. so i wait to stumble upon one again.
the neos has a great history dating back to 1600. they are mpst likeöy the first orchid species kept as houseplants but was only for the rich and noble people back then. like kings and samurais. it was strictly forbidden to look at the plant without a silver mesh globe over it. only the owner could do that. and that is probably what you've heard about.
under the period after (or during?) the edo period, people were not aloud to do creative things and ot was a very depressing time. also the neofinetia was then not so popular because it brought joy to people. which was not aloud. then again in the end of 1800-beginning of 1900, there was a huge change in japan which led to more freedom to express you creativeness, artistry and joyus things. at that point the neofinetia was getting popular again, and got more available and affordable for everyone. it was also under this period japan began to become a land of very different and exaggerated styles of clothes, make-up, music etc. because people could enjoy themselves again. which is alsp the reason why neofinetia is still popular. and now starting to reach eu and US.
they are very easy to care for. some might decide to not bloom for some years, only growing strong for a while. so i suggest you get some plants instead of one to make sure ypu get to enjoy the lovely scent!😍
What a fantastic reply. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question and provide me with all that supplementary information. It is apparent that you really know your Neofinetia.
Oliver's Greenhouse no problem!:) im happy to tell people all about them! they are truly historical plants. though there is a lpt more to learn because much of the information about neofinetia is wrotten in japanese kanji, which makes it hard to translate. and then english is not very common in japan, so it will take time and dedication for someone to translate everything from the japanese books for example.
and thank you for this video!:)
wait, is outlaws inlaws in Europe ?
Yep, it sure is!
Oliver's Greenhouse ?????
Yep, it's not anybody else's as far as I know.
The greenhouse I go to told me to use cactus soil to repot. Is that ok?
Nice video oliver, I would have a question ... maybe you can help me? My saracenien is at the rotten at the growth point which really surprised me because I am living in germany and the nights are still cool what should i do?
I am sorry to hear that. I will try to help if I can. Has any new growth emerged from the rhizome yet? mine are outside and have only just started to wake from dormancy. A healthy rhizome will be very important in order to enable the plant to produce new growth. The rhizome is where the plant stores all of its carbohydrates for the following years growth. If this is decayed? then chances of recovery are very low. you will need to inspect this area carefully in order to ascertain whether it is rotten. If it is then most likely the plant is lost. I wonder why it rotted in the first place?
Kind Regards
Hello oliver, there are rubra and leucophylla the rotten. I have now put them drier :( In the Winternights we had in West Germany 10 minus now we have 15-20 degrees in the day, in nights 10 degrees
Thanks for your quick reply
Freezing of plant cells causes the cell vacuole to expand breaking the cell wall. Consequently, the cell dies and necrosis begins. We see this damage as rotting of the resting bud. Unfortunately, this can often terminal. The plants may grow back from the roots or rhizome as long as they are not affected but you may have to consider replacing the plants.
Sorry fella
Ok thank you for this information thank you
Hey guys you know there's really no reason to comment on the videos anymore because well all of our left
So you do comedy on the side...😂😂😂😂
Hi Sherry, I couldn't possibly know what you mean? Thanks for watching, I always look forward to your comments.
great video
i have a question about my nepenthes ventrata it is making new tendrils and that is good but Just behind after the tip of the New pitcher it is very thin there but only there do u know why maby ?
de growing conditions are
its in a north east window whit day temp of around 20 C' and low temp of 16 C'
the humidity is low because i grow it in my window 😅 but i spray the tendrils every evening
it gets about 1 hour of direct sun light morning sun and if its very sunny 2 hours
thx for the help i dont know if i need to be worried but thx
+Azure Hunter Is then plant producing pitchers which last for a long time and maintain an appropriate level of liquid in them at all times? What colour are the leaves? Dark green or light grassy or slightly red? Maybe the plant isn't getting enough light. How often do you feed it?
Oliver's Greenhouse i got the plant in oktober it was about 70 cm high
in the winter i placed the plant in a south window but Just a few weaks ago the sun was to bright
and did a little burn damage so i placed the plant where it is now
every new leaf is light green when i got it it made one pitcher but i read on forums that the lightning levels in winter are to low so i wasn 't really worried but here in the netherlands lands is the spring for this year very sunny and worm
it gets alot of food in my window
there are a lot of small bugs you know not flyes but much smaller
thx for the replay
I would recommend feeding the plant regularly if you don't already. Monitor its progress over the next few months as the temps increase.
Oliver's Greenhouse thx for the tips
Mine is one mtr don't repod them it's useless they don't need it