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Overview...

Our nurseries are located at sea level and at an altitude of 1,500m above sea level. This enables us to maintain conditions optimal of all but the most extreme montaine species of Nepenthes without special measures.

The nurseries are all fully covered and insect proofed. Environmental conditions in various nurseries are modified to suit the purpose for which they are required.

Some species of Nepenthes require very high light levels, whilst others prefer more shaded conditions but most require high humidity to grow optimally. Examples of these conditions are given here with some photographs to give you the general idea.

Weaning Facilities...

For plants being weaned from tissue culture relatively low light levels and very high humidity’s are maintained all the time. As the temperatures rise during the day, the air becomes able to hold very much larger amounts of water vapor.

To cope with this demand, especially on sunny days, humidifying machinery is usually required, especially for the lowland species. There are separate weaning areas for lowland and highland species. In general lowland species should be weaned at day/night temperatures ranging between about 24 and 32 deg C (75 and 90 deg F).

Highland species require temperatures ranging between about 13 and 26 deg C (55 and 80 deg F). Our weaning chambers are designed to provide these conditions regardless of the weather. We refer to these gloomy chambers as “night clubs”.

General Growing Facilitites...

Once weaned, the plants are transferred to more normal nursery conditions with much higher light levels where they will begin to produce tough leaves and attractive pitchers.

They are grown on like this for many months or if necessary even several years until they are ready. The nurseries are completely covered and protected from insects. Preventative regimens of fungicides and insecticides are applied as necessary.

Strict hygiene is observed in the nursery with germicidal footbaths between individual sections of the nursery. All these precautions help ensure that the plants are as free from harmful pathogens as possible. To date we have never had a problem with plant quarantine inspections after sending out hundreds of shipments.

Stock Plant Nurseries...

Several hundred plants are kept as breeding stock from which we are producing many hybrids new to cultivation. This is the most exciting aspect of our work really, since the potential for breeding highly attractive, hardy and vigorous new hybrids is vast. We’re having a lot of fun with this! Some of the photographs on this page show a few of the plants we are currently flowering or attempting to flower.