Re: M ingens report
I think that most of us found that the seeds were very difficult to germinate, and even when they did, they were very picky in their requirements. I just happened to have a greenhouse for highland Nepenthes- the same sort of conditions that M ingens should like, in theory, and with additional light in winter for the first year.
As far as I can tell, there haven't been any more seeds obtained from the wilds, and very few people got them to germinate, so there's not going to be many of these plants around (but my guess would be that some enterprising nursery somewhere would SURELY have germinated some seeds in tissue culture for mass propagation?)
I can't see much chance of my plant putting out suckers either at this stage!
My guess is that my plant went from a warm conservatory to a cool couple of weeks outdoors, which dipped to maybe 8C at night and wasn't more than 20C by day at the time.
Possibly, it was just struggling to acclimatise... and a bigger plant, acclimatised more carefully to uk summers, might do just fine?
My plant will outgrow any of my indoor spaces by Spring, so there's no choice here- I will have to try it!
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