The Trouble With Termites…

[ellisonk001]

Aside from the obvious, they will eat your house, it is expensive to have your house fumigated to kill them. Then to add insult to injury, if you happen to raise fish and / or plants in or around your house it gets even worse because the chemicals that kill the termites also kill plants and animals. So what is normally inconvenient, becomes a real pain in the backside…

An empty shadehouse is a very lonely sight



All the nepenthes and air plants had to be moved into temporary shelter in the back yard







Then comes the tent…



Two days later things are more or less back to normal


Since I had to move everything anyhow I took the opportunity to rearrange a bit and take photos…

N ventricosa x maxima


N alata



N ampullaria Cantley's Red


N ampullaria Harlequin



N ampullaria Brunei Red


N x poi dog


N x lang

[ellisonk001]

N veitchii xx tiveyi x truncata


N x effulgent koto


N clipeata x eymae


N x Karen Marie



N maxima




N truncata “Queen of Hearts” x “King of Spades” seedling


N spectabilis x ventricosa rooted basal


N x Maggie Jones rooted basal



N bicalcarata



N x gentle


N thorelii x merrilliana


N x leessii (this pitcher has amazing color; sorry, my poor photo skills do not do it justice)

[ellisonk001]

Cuttings


Beautiful gecko that scared me half to death as I was trying to reconstitute the shadehouse


N truncata x maxima


N globosa x hirsuta


N sp #1


Seedlings









N truncata



N tobaica x talangensis


N maxima xx trusmadiensis

[ellisonk001]

N veitchii






N sibuyanensis x maxima



N albomarginata



N x weigneri


N Viking x mirabilis


N maxima x boschiana



N thorelii x truncata


N ramispina


N rafflesiana



N x rokko


N macfarlanei


N x outramiana



N x red leopard


N x wittei


N copelandii Apo

[mannyherrera]

So you can grow highlanders and lowlanders all together? Must be nice.

[prmills]

Nice

[ellisonk001]

Manny,

I started out with lowlanders, but have slowly expanded a bit with trades. So far so good. The lowlanders will be pretty slow for the next couple of months as our night time temps drop to 60 or so, but then they will take off again in March or April. The real test will be to see how the highlanders hold out during the summer, only time will tell.

[natevincent]

Nice plants! I like the Veitchii!

[obregon562]

God i wish i lived in Hawaii!

Nicely grown plants.

[mannyherrera]

Your conditions are similar to ours in South Florida. However, our winters can get a little colder. Highlanders, for the most part, do not do well here in summer and spring.

[ellisonk001]

Thanks for the insight Manny. I wanted to give a couple highlanders a try and get the chance for a few in trades. I will watch them closely during the spring and summer to see how they are doing, if they are too unhappy they will have to move along to a better home and I will know better in the future.

[obregon562]

Keith,

See, all you neede were a few more termite-specializing albomarginatas!

[natevincent]

Jan 4, 2010 8:02:29 GMT 7 obregon562 said:

Keith,

See, all you neede were a few more termite-specializing albomarginatas!

LOL theres an idea!

[ellisonk001]

Justification for more nepenthes; I like the way you think. Now all I have to do is convince the wife…

[justjack]

Save the house with a Nep and you'll never have to argue again.