After seeing Adrian Walter s collection of Nepenthes in Darwin I became hooked on these plants I was fascinated by the wide array of shapes and colours found in their pitchers My plans for establishing a shadehouse were put on hold however as we moved to Townsville In Townsville the yearly average maximum temperature is 28 7 C and the average minimum 19 5 C The wet season average maximum is 30 5 C and the minimum 22 7 C During the six months of the wet season Townsville receives aro