Expert: Sarracenia Northwest - 6/10/2011

Question
I recently purchased the following nepenthes from you:
N. 'Bill Bailey'
N. ventricosa x sibuyanensis
N. ventricosa x talangensis
In order to get my plants settled in to my growing environment, I would like to find out from you a little about yours. I am most interested in the humdity levels that you were keeping these plants in. I grow a lot of carnivorous plants and orchids and I keep the humidity in my house between 35% and 50% year round. In order to give my plants the best possible start, will I need to keep the humdity level higher and then gradually acclimate them to my humidity or am I close enough to how you were growing them that I do not need to do this.

By the way, all of these plants were the BEST grown I have ever seen! You guys are the best!

Thanks, Don

Answer
Thank you For your feedback!  We love what we do, and we're always glad to see the passion spread to growers such as yourself.

In general, we don't keep stats on our greenhouse other than temperature extremes.  We monitor if the temperature dips too low at night or too high during the day.  Other than that, we try to treat the plants the same way an average grower would in the home. In regards to humidity, we try to carry only those plants that tolerate a fluctuating humidity range, just as they would experience in the home.  

So you don't need to pay attention to those factors at the moment.  We grow the plants in a way that they will acclimate to a wide variety of conditions when they leave the nursery.  Your plants will grow very well alongside your orchids.

Good growing!
Jacob Farin