Jonathan Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 While trying to get closer to a roosting Diabolical Nightjar (don't some birds have fantastic names? - it's also known as Satanic Nightjar) I found these little beauties - N. eymae as far as I can tell! Look on the extreme left of the photo - there is a pitcher visible! An unopened trap: I love the angular shape of the pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.J.Treasure Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Great pitchers :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider14 Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 that doesnt look like eyame! wow...ive never seen somthing like it! we need an expert in here to state what it is!! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Cornish Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Stunning and to see them in the wild as well must have been such a high. Thanks for sharing. Regards Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRFxtreme Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Thats a unique looking nepenthes. It may be a hybrid with N. maxima(if thats what the others in the previous posts were.) since it kind of shares the same coloring. Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_flytrap_kid Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Woah definetely best till last! Love the second picture. So unusual. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hello Jonathan ! You did a wonderful trip! Those late pictures are true gems. But i don't think they're eymae upper picthers either. I also suspect a hybrid involving Nepenthes maxima. Then again, i could be wrong. Friendly, François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schimatrix Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 stunning pictures Jonathan thanks for sharing giu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerb Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Thanks for showing the wonderful photos (in all threads). My first thought was N. eymae as well, but from what I have seen the lid is much narrower on the upper pitchers on this species. Whatever it is, it has not only nice shape, but it is very colourful as well, more so than most uppers I have seen from the "N. maxima complex". Regards, Christer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thanks for the input guys - N. maxima was growing very close to this plant, but I do wonder what that makes the other parent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Allan Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thanks for posting such fascinating photos. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chug Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 This is a fantastic looking nep. I really like its pitchers. :) Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Fantastic pictures. It must have been difficult concentrating on your twitching with so many lovely neps about you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Stunning ! No hamata around there ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amori Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Absolutely stunning. I posted my own thoughts about this plant over on the Nepenthes forum; I'm personally convinced there is no maxima involved at all at the direct parent level - there are too many characteristics on that plant which don't even express remnants of such parentage, let alone those of eymae (lid, leaves, stem etc.). Then again, I could be proven very, very wrong! ;) Cheers Amori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 A lovely plant. Nepenthes "Jungle Khazi" perhaps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 ... or Jonathan might have discovered a new taxa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Where did you post Kera? Would be interested in knowing anyone's thoughts on this plant. I take it that the first plant at least is N. maxima (prev threads)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amori Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) Hi Jonathan I posted on the pitcherplant forums (http://www.pitcherplants.proboards34.com/index.cgi). I'm almost certain you have taken photographic evidence of a glabrata hybrid or an entirely new taxon. I went against a direct maxima parentage because the whole plant, including the pitcher appearances do not match. Here's why: 1) Leaves of maxima and eymae are strongly petiolate, whereas this plant's leaves are as sessile as can be and clasping. Had you taken photos of plants in their rosette stage and their pitchers, I could add more, had they been present. 2) Pitcher morphology: i) lid shape is orbicular as opposed to narrow, especially for aerial pitchers - lid shape defines the shape of the pitcher opening when it opens (take inermis, for example). In this case, the pitcher is fully inflated and the lid covers the mouth entirely; ii) lid underside is missing glandular crests, or even remnants thereof; iii) peristome isn't substantial enough to warrant it direct eymae and maxima parentage, even if they belong to aerial pitchers. I'm sure there's more I could say, but I'm limited on time for the moment so I'll leave it at that. As a final note, I believe this potential* taxon will be greatly sought after if and once it enters cultivation through legitimate methods - it is indeed endowed with very attractive upper pitchers! Cheers Amori * Thanks Aidan for pointing that out. It seems I've been using the term taxon incorrectly! Edited February 9, 2008 by Amori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amori Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 A lovely plant.Nepenthes "Jungle Khazi" perhaps... Remember Aidan, Nepenthes jamban has already taken the toilet title! Cheers Amori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 How could I forget... I think there's room for another piece of "organic porcelain". The resemblance is uncanny. ... and before you get too excited about a potential new taxon, Jonathan would need to be able to find the plant again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 I have GPS coordinates - vital as the site is one of the very few known places for Diabolical Nightjar; also a taxon unknown in life until very recently! (photos gratefully c/o Dave Farrow) The site would be very easy to relocate but is a rather remote corner of Indonesia, rarely visited by anyone other than small numbers of hardcore birders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyc Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Hi, Here's a pic of an upper pitcher of eymae x maxima(c/o BobZ's photofinder): http://www.c-able.ne.jp/~osada/N_eymae_x_maxima1.jpg Definitely not Jonathan's plant. So, is this the first sighting of N. madgeiana? Cheers, T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesara Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 An Amazing amount of colour for an upper 8) any seed pods maturing?? Bye for now Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amori Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Of course!! How could I forget! Good question Julian! Jonathan, did you observe any inflorescences on this plant? Great pics of the Nightjars, by the way! Cheers Amori PS. Nepenthes enthusiasts are in for some great surprises to come. I believe so, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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