How much light needs lowland nepenthes 🌞 Interview David's from Hawaii - Part 1

[@hadjosrs1529]

A really underrated interview. Fantastic plants with a very knowledgable collector

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

I agree! And it makes me want to live there 😁

[@jacquelineandersen4600]

G'day. Watching from QUEENSLAND Australia. Thanks so much for your wonderful pictures and information.

[@waynerichards2944]

Great interview guys

[@davideickhoff2954]

Update: When I referred to "full sun" in the video they are getting the morning north/northeast sun. Very few of my Nepenthes will get any of the afternoon south/west sun. Just wanted to clarify my statements. Mahalo

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Thanks for the clarification 😄

[@josmarortega2079]

Very interesting!!! Hmmm was he not affected by the hurricane 🌀??

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Luckily he was safe :)

[@davideickhoff2954]

It went to the south of the Hawaiian Islands, but unfortunately contributed to the devistating fires on Maui.

[@braddickie9429]

Aloha from Kona! Great video and nice collection.👍🏼 I've got 3 nepenthes hanging and vining in my mango tree. 🤙🏼

[@davideickhoff2954]

Mahalo. Always nice to hear of others in Hawaii nei growing these fascinating plants!

[@HyeonsikLi]

Do highland Nepenthes tolerate/need more direct sunlight/light than lowland nepenthes? (same for hybrids with mother highland)?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

They do have thicker leaves so they can take more light. Obviously you will have to increase the light slowly and monitor the leaves.

[@HyeonsikLi]

@@WindowsillNepenthes ah i thought so thank you. I guess truncata with its big leafs is an exception? Although some can be found in higher elevations. I have a Truncata (green) form. Im not sure if its a classic lowlander or perhaps highland. Someone told me it could be the HLR (highland red) form. But why call it green then?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

@@HyeonsikLi N. truncata grow from lowland to intermediate condition (between 0 and 1500 meters, so not a highland). ;) And with the big thick leaves, they can take quite some light but they won't need it and the leaves will look better with medium light ;)

[@HyeonsikLi]

@@WindowsillNepenthes alright thank you. My true truncata gets a bit of direct sunlight at her window but not too much, maybe 1 hour at 2-3 pm. My (bongso x inermis) x truncata gets 3 times as much. At least 3 hours direct sunlight. The plant is slowly getting used to it I think/hope.

[@Mr.Anthropocene]

Isn't nepenthes sanguinea is highland species?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

It grows between 300 and 1800 metres (1000 to 6000 feet) altitude. So lowland to intermediate I would say, but more on the warm side.

[@davideickhoff2954]

@@WindowsillNepenthes Yes N. sanguinea like warm temperatures as well. It makes me wonder if species that we know today as only "highland," actually had much lower ranges in the past, but are now absent due to human activity.