Exploring the Unique Nepenthes klossii: History, Care Tips and Availability!|BE-3452| Borneo Exotics

[@rowanwhite3520]

Love the more in depth video on this amazing species! Thank you!

[@BorneoExotics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PeterMJJacob]

Love it, great video

[@BorneoExotics]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lorirober2536]

Just found your channel. After listening for a few minutes, I subscribed. Your style is straightforward, interesting and no-nonsense. Your knowledge is amazing. I was intrigued by your story of New Guinea and your knowledge of botany is wonderful.

[@BorneoExotics]

That’s very kind of you to say. Thanks for the encouragement. I’m actually rather shy about it. I just ad lib and hate playing it back and hearing myself. We’ll be putting out a series of cultivation videos soon. I might have to script those as any inadvertent slips might cause people to hurt their plants and that would be difficult to live with.

[@hadjosrs1529]

Incredible work!

[@BorneoExotics]

Thank you!

[@Lottow]

wow these are fantastic. its great to see people working towards conservation efforts. wish i could plant some of my own but im far up north and dont think they would handle the long winters very well. also i noticed you have reached the 1k subs milestone, congrats! time to become a youtube partner?

[@BorneoExotics]

You could grow them in the winter using lights. We’ve grown them under all dirts of cheap LED lights. Even the cheapest desk light is OK for smaller plants.

[@Lottow]

@@BorneoExotics sure i guess anything is possible :D but im more worried about the temperature than the light, especially if i want them anywhere around the windows. the combination of cold, dry, dark and long winters makes even my "ordinary household plants" struggle a bit

[@varphotography]

Great video Rob! Thanks for posting. I am interested to hear how you keep the media acidic. I just started using cocofiber and it concerns me that after a while it can go alkaline.

[@BorneoExotics]

As it breaks down it is likely to become alkaline. We acidify our water to around pH 5.0 and repot large plants every 2 years at least.

[@varphotography]

@ thanks Rob. Do u use sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid or acetic acid ?

[@BorneoExotics]

Nitric acid but I’m not saying other acids can’t be used.

[@varphotography]

@ oh ok. Cool. Yea… I was just concerned about it adding too much nitrate or phosphates to the media… but I guess it shouldn’t be too much to impact level of nutrients in the husk anyways

[@DannyStammers]

Another plant that is on my list to get. I can obtain them from a nursery in Germany, but they are pricey. I've been wondering about the conservation efforts about these plants and others (clipeata, khasiana, pitopangii, etc.); is there a way for the average Joe to contribute in an official way to that through growing and breeding?

[@BorneoExotics]

There’s no official mechanism I am aware of right now but in the past there have been efforts such as the Nepenthes clipeata Survival Group in the early 2000s. These days sharing pollen and resulting seeds using social media is a good way to go about it.

[@ThomasYng]

the pH of coco fiber will rise as it breaks down? I use coco fiber for years but I didn't realize it, I thought the pH would go down.

[@BorneoExotics]

Usually starts around pH 6.0. Many years ago I could tell you the mechanism by which it changes as it breaks down. I’d have remind myself but it releases chemicals in the process of breaking down. I’ll cover it in a special cultivation video.

[@tonitorres8506]

Is BE-4014 a confirmed clone?

[@BorneoExotics]

Yes, it turns out that all clones we have shipped under the various BE codes have turned out to be true. We’ve raised them all now and are sure.