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izlight
at Fri Mar 10 12:32:12 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by izlight ]
Well, everyone's pretty well covered your questions about housing, handling (infrequent is best in my opinion), etc. As for the Asian pitchers and possible toxicity...remember the pitchers do secrete acids and enzymes that dissolve and enable digestion of insects. That said, there are also known symbiotic relationships between Neps and certain mites, microscopic organisms, species of ants and spiders that live inside the traps completely unharmed! It's entirely possible that a Nepenthes would do no harm if eaten.
On a more practical level, since a couple of my chams are experts at defoliation and plant annihilation, I personally stick to inexpensive, easy to replace common houseplants and keep my Neps out of harm's way! 
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- veil housing question - captotterboy, Fri Mar 10 07:38:11 2006
- RE: veil housing question - captotterboy, Fri Mar 10 07:47:45 2006
- RE: veil housing question - lola44, Fri Mar 10 08:46:24 2006
- RE: veil housing question - kinyonga, Fri Mar 10 10:23:29 2006
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- RE: VEILED - captotterboy, Fri Mar 10 12:26:43 2006
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- RE: VEILED - captotterboy, Mon Mar 13 19:08:56 2006
 RE: veil housing question & CP's - izlight, Fri Mar 10 12:32:12 2006
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