Growing Lowland Nepenthes ICPS Roundtable

Learn how to grow lowland Nepenthes with Hannah Bridgers (Pearl River Exotics), Bruce Bednar (Lee’s Botanical Gardens), Hali'a Eastburn (Carnivero) and Gianne Souza (Nepenthes Diary).
To support the ICPS education and conservation initiatives check out the cool merchandise including t-shirts, mugs, and tote bags: world-carnivorous-plant-day.c...
0:00-5:02 ICPS Introduction and roundtable panelist introduction
5:03-14:29 Lowland Nepenthes temperature range for cultivation
14:30-19:19 Lowland Nepenthes temperature in the wild
19:20-34:369 Lowland Nepenthes water requirements
34:40-43:00 Pot size for Lowland Nepenthes
43:01-55:05 Lowland Nepenthes as windowsill or houseplants
55:06- 59:36 Lowland Nepenthes substrate mix
59:37 Why we should love lowland Nepenthes (as much or more than highland Nepenthes)

[@HerebutNot]

Thanks for sharing your experience and time. It’s nice to hear the considerations and conditions others grow in. I’m in Alberta too and it’s -30C outside right now, but indoors it’s 18-23C. I only have a few lowland species neps: northiana, albomarginata, ampullaria and rafflesiana which seem to be doing mostly alright-the raff always has spotted leaves which I can’t tell if that’s a feature or flaw related to culture. Have a few campanulata hybrids also-those do very well. Most are still relatively young (pre-vining size)…so we’ll see how they fare over the years. Talks like this give good context Thanks again for the chat!

[@duncanpage1556]

Great video! Thank you from cold Alberta!

[@matthewhayes3033]

Absolutely amazing talk and panel! I really hope there is a round table for intermediate nepenthes as well!

[@JenningsPutnamArt1991]

Support education

[@davideickhoff2954]

Nice panel discussion! In Hawaii, lowlands thrive in my area at 300 feet in Pearl City, O'ahu. I grow my Nepenthes in a shadehouse and my growing environment in ambient to whatever temperatures are outside. I have much to say about lowlands and some intermediates that do well for me. A hui hou 🤙PS Hali'a, you from Hawaii?

[@zap2336]

Great talk, and lots of good information. On the subject of coconut based media, I am so glad I don't use cocopeat or cocochips anymore. It would always dry out out at the top of the mix while breaking down into a sludge at the bottom of the pot. I think it might work better in a commercial greenhouse situation but for long term, indoor growing, it's a poor choice in my experience.

[@yaronraz7382]

Wonderfull and insightfull! Thanks for sharing. Is it possible to list here the soil mixes used with the coco fiber? I am always looking for peat alternatives

[@CarnivorousplantsOrg1972]

Coconut coir and coconut chips - 50% with 50% perlite is suitable, but you can also add in peat and long fiber sphagnum...lots of options.

[@divingaquarist]

I was shocked to hear that peat will be banned in the EU/Europe. A quick search only gave me UK based results, not EU ones. Does anyone have more information about this? LFS is also impossible to get at the moment, or is insanely expensive. As discussed in the video, for Nepenthes there are some alternatives, but for the other species? I haven't heard of good results without peat. I might have to stockpile while I still can.

[@JenningsPutnamArt1991]

💚💚💚

[@donschiller4227]

I have started switching my plants to coco chips after watching Hannah speak at a SCCPE meeting. I find some of my plants are just much easier to care for, no weeds growing, easier watering and less decay. I need to find your source for chips as I am getting some high salt stuff which requires a lot of rinsing.

[@samuelmiensinompe4902]

For 20 years I have grown some of the most beautiful heliamphoras. I grew them on live sphagnum moss and they were all so healthy. Now, all of my beautiful moss is turning black and all of my heliamphoras are rotting away. The roots get rotted no matter what I do. I have used all the great fungicides our there to kill this black thing from hell. Still nothing. I am giving up hope for growing heliamphoras again. I never thought something like this would happen after 20 years of growing them so healthy. I have sent letters to carnivorous plants groups..... no answer yet.