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Welcome,
At the times of social networks, starting a blog might be considered old-fashioned in a way but this is pretty convenient to share in a same place all my obsessions and creations.
"Strange fruits" is mainly focused on carnivorous plants as it is my main center of interest at the moment. You will thus find infos on the plants I grow, my cultivation techniques, my travels, updates on my research and publications as a taxonomist, reports on CP meetings, CP books reviews and much more. You will also find a lot of stuff linked to literature, music, entomology and drawing. I do hope you will find here a couple of interesting things.
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François Sockhom Mey

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Windowsill Nepenthes campanulata: an update

I thought you'd be interested by an update on this remarkable species.
I mentionned in this post: http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.com/2011/07/windowsill-nepenthes-campanulata.html that I grow this Bornean limestone specialist on my windowsill area since it didn't succeed in my lowland terrarium.
Well, it's been there for nearly ten months and although the growth rate is rather slow I have to say that it is doing well. The pitchers are very nice, the leaves quite hard and my plants are even developing basals at the same time. The plants seem to suffer a bit during the hottest months.The green colour turned yellowish and the pitcher production fell down significantly. I think they prefer good but filtered light ather than intense direct sunlight as experienced on my south exposed bay window. They like to be kept on the dry side, at least, in my experience. This is very encouraging anyway and I hope I can soon witness many rosettes of this unique pitcher plant on my windowsill.




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  1. Whaoooo ! I'm very impressed by this huge work that you have done, François, to build your pond !!! Congratulations !!!
    I also love Nepenthes campanulata, certainly my favourite ... Could you tell me what kind of soil you use to grow your plant ? Many thanks in advance !
    Friendly,

    Pierre-Emmanuel (Mandrin)

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  2. Dear PE,

    Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm sure you will like my Nishikigoi pond once it will be finished. ;-)
    N. campanulata is also one of my favourite species. The soil I use is very open: a bit of peat with vermiculite, clay and some akadama. I don't think the most important is the exact elements of the soil but the fact that it is loose and dry easily.
    I hope it helps!

    All the best,

    François.

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  3. Hello François,

    I love N. campanulata, too. Anyway, many of us love it, I guess. Its pitchers look like evanescent light green... although deadly... tiny hearts.

    But I've got a more down-to-earth question about your plant: is this a AW clone? Its leaves look slightly different from my own plant: they seem to be more circular, more petiolate and with longer tendrils.

    Cheers ;)

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  4. Hello NdL,

    These specimens are from Borneo Exotics and the same clone: BE-3044. ;-)
    Hope it is accurate enough!

    Cheers,

    François.

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  5. François je vais te le taxer :p
    hâte de voir ta véranda fini :)
    seb

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