thepitchergrower wrote: I doubt that they will drool on you, unless you over turn the pitchers or something...
Depends on the nepenthes. Some produce extra "nectar" on the outside of the pitcher or leaves. I have a sangunea that almost drools. I have to keep a paper towel or something under it (it's hanging). It isn't much, maybe a few drops a week, but still. Not all nepenthes do that though.
TrapsAndDews wrote:Does the liquid in the pitchers burn you like acid?
No. It's acidic, but so is orange juice. (I wouldn't recommend you drink it though . . . the liquid in the pitchers that is, not the orange juice. OJ is delicious).
TrapsAndDews wrote:Won't that still be a fire hazard?
I'm not sure you're grasping the reason why growing under your bed is a fire hazard.
Placing an item that conducts electricity, gets warm, and has the potential to spark in a small enclosure without adequate air flow and surrounded by flammable items is a fire hazard. The light gets hot. The heat has no where to escape. It heats up the surrounding area. Because the area is small (enclosed) it heats up much faster and much hotter. What's being heated up is flammable (your mattress, bed frame, sheets . . .). A spark could ignite any of the flammable items. But the radiating heat over time could too. Remove as many of those conditions as you can, and you reduce the risk (not eliminate) of a fire hazard. So, NOT having it in an enclosed space (on top of your bed, rather than under it), NOT having it surrounded by flammable items (the mattress is under the plants, not over and next to the lights), NOT having inadequate airflow, all reduces the fire risk.
Of course, MikeB was joking. But still.
It's the same reason you don't put your cable box, router, or PC tower in a small box and let it run. It'll fry the circuits, or worse catch fire, as the heat inside the box will build up. That doesn't mean you can't have a computer or internet. Just don't be dumb about it.
TrapsAndDews wrote:
I don't have any Nepenthes as of now, but I do want to get one once the temperatures get warmer for shipping and once I earn more money.
Most big nepenthes dealers are still selling/shipping despite the cold (Carnivero, Florae). They just use rush delivery and heat packs. I'd avoid eBay or some of the sellers that "dabble" in nepenthes, as they typically try to ship it at low cost, are from warm areas like Florida or Texas and don't understand temps in colder areas, and usually (in my experience) use inadequate packing materials/insulation/heat packs.
Or you could probably go to your local lowes. They usually have some starter nepenthes that can be sacrificed to the grower gods if you can't keep it alive (as lowes was probably going to kill it anyway). They usually aren't expensive either.
Or you could find a rather inexpensive one if money is an issue. I think I got my first nepenthes, a sanguinea, for like $12 (plus shipping). I've split it 3 times since then (and probably need to find homes for at least one, if not two of the divisions).
Just some thoughts.