Nepenthes Highland Nurseries @ Borneo Exotics Part 1

In December 2004 Robert Cantley and Diana Williams drive with us to the highland nurseries of Borneo Exotics near Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. Surrounded by tea plantations we find numerous wonderful highland Nepenthes growing directly on the property and a hugh amount of plants produced for export inside large foil covered greenhouses. About 1800 m above sealevel the climate is ideal for "highlanders" and all plants look really impressive. This film will soon be continued ...

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Education

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• Nepenthes
• carnivorous plants
• Karnivoren
• Borneo Exotics
• Robert Cantley
• Sri Lanka

[STFUbelgium]

Can someone help me?

I want to make a simple highland greenhouse. Humidity will be fine, but I'm having trouble with finding a good spot for lighting... Also, what type of glass is recommanded for the greenhouse? (I live in Belgium.)

[shartmeyer]

@STFUbelgium : You can use polycarbonate multiwall sheets as well as glass. Polycarbonate is transperent also for UV, however, double glass walls (insulated modern glass) absorbs a lot of UV but will save a lot of money for heating during winter. As light source I use professional 400 W HQI lamps, expensive (also for the current they need) but you'll see wonderful and healthy plants growing.

[missanna208]

what humidity levels (min, max) do these need?

[shartmeyer]

@missanna208 High humidity > 70% is recommended

[Pimporly]

Where is this facility specifically located?

[shartmeyer]

The BE highland nurseries are some km away from Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka at about 1200 m altitude. The lowland nurseries are stated in Colombo.

[aleksaalex4]

Me too :D

[Andrija8Aky]

i love this plant

[kyddoemiko]

Great info on such a lovely place in nature where nepenthese do it best.

kyddoemiko