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 28th February 2010 - 14:10 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 9th July 2002 From: Poole, Dorset England Member No.: 547  |
Dear members of the CPUK forum,
I am currently in the Philippines and just returned from two spectacular peaks in Palawan. On the summits of these mountains, I encountered two new Nepenthes species. Here is the first - a truly spectacular plant and one of the biggest in the genus. I found this plant growing atop of a remote mountain - Sultan's Peak - near Mount Victoria where N. attenboroughii grows. This plant - which will be called Nepenthes palawanensis ined., is even larger than Nepenthes attenboroughii and really gives N. rajah a run for its money. I have posted a video clip of me putting my entire hand inside one of the giant pitchers on my website N. palawanensis video I spent the last week organising permits to legally collect a herbarium specimen to desposit at Palawan State University. This magnificent new species will be formally described in my next books, Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats. The description will be in the appendix in vol. 2 of the work. Acquiring all of the permits, permission and authorization was difficult, but it is a joint effort working with many botanists from the Philippines, and as with N. attenboroughii, all of the specimens will stay in the Philippines for local botanists to study, which is really important. This find really shows what magnificent flora there is on Palawan, and the need for conservation efforts. In other news, I was really glad to hear that the recent media interest in N. attenboroughii has led to the protection of the Victoria Range. even though the newspapers exaggerated the plant quite a bit, this led to the entire mountain complex being given local protected states, and a Nickel mine was closed and stopped from destroying the lower slopes of the mountain. Which is GREAT. Hopefully the same can happen for Nepenthes palawanensis ined. and its home, the Sultan range. I am working hard with friends in Palawan to try and pull together a UN World Heritage status proposal. Anyway, here are some photos of Nepenthes palawanensis ined., and also N. attenboroughii to compare. The two plants are extremely closely related, but there are significant, tangible and consistent morphological differences in the leaf structure, flower structure, pitcher morphology and size, amongst many other differences. Also the exterior of the pitcher of N. palawanensis is lined with short, brown hairs. Here is the first -  Nepenthes palawanensis ined.  Nepenthes palawanensis ined.  Nepenthes palawanensis ined.  Nepenthes palawanensis ined.  Nepenthes palawanensis ined. Also a video N. palawanensis video And to compare  Nepenthes attenboroughii  Nepenthes attenboroughii  Nepenthes attenboroughii Hope you like the pics! Stew www.redfernnaturalhistory.com |
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28th February 2010 - 14:26 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 27th December 2002 From: Medellin,Colombia Member No.: 596 |
Those are great news Stewart. Thanks for sharing. I really hope your efforts on conservation give some good results.
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28th February 2010 - 15:01 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 564 Joined: 10th November 2007 From: South London Member No.: 3,728 |
Wow! This is a gorgeous plant
 and it is great news about the park becoming protected - hopefully saving the plants and animals for future generations of growers  Thanks for sharing! |
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28th February 2010 - 15:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 3rd April 2008 From: Northwestern New Jersey, USA Member No.: 3,950 |
Wow! Great find Stewart! Any photos of the racemes and seed? Keep up the great work! - Rich
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28th February 2010 - 18:15 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,188 Joined: 24th October 2006 From: Kent Member No.: 2,630 |
QUOTE (stewart @ 28th February 2010 - 13:10 PM)  In other news, I was really glad to hear that the recent media interest in N. attenboroughii has led to the protection of the Victoria Range. even though the newspapers exaggerated the plant quite a bit, this led to the entire mountain complex being given local protected states, and a Nickel mine was closed and stopped from destroying the lower slopes of the mountain. Which is GREAT. This really is great news. Along with other things happening elsewhere, it looks like Nep conservation is finally starting to get somewhere 
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28th February 2010 - 18:34 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 760 Joined: 15th September 2006 From: canada Member No.: 2,517 |
Oh my dear god!! Beautiful pictures Stew. Thanks soo much for the video.
And truly great news for nepenthes. Clearly this genus of plants have once again captured human attention and that is responsible for the protection of all of Mt. Victoria's flora and fauna. Fantastic news indeed. May these species and peaks stay as they are without human intervention forever. |
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28th February 2010 - 21:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 6th September 2007 From: Grenoble (France) Member No.: 3,596 |
 Such enormous pitchers!Thanks for those 2 reports Regards Aymeric |
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28th February 2010 - 21:46 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 25th September 2009 From: holland Member No.: 4,994 |
nice work Stewart. Let us learn more and brings some seeds back.
Daan |
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28th February 2010 - 22:15 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 418 Joined: 15th July 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 653 |
What a beautiful find! The pitcher looks almost intermediate between N. mira/deaniana, and N. attenboroughii. I am looking forward to hearing more about this fascinating species. Thanks for the info and photos/video.
Regards, Christer |
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28th February 2010 - 22:53 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: 1st June 2005 From: San Francisco, CA USA Member No.: 1,583 |
Congratulations, Stewart!
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1st March 2010 - 01:24 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,160 Joined: 31st October 2006 From: Germany Member No.: 2,641 |
Hi Stewart,
wow, indeed really huge pitchers. Perfect for terrarium cultivation.  Congratulation and many thanks for sharing these pictures. Best regards, Dani |
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1st March 2010 - 01:43 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 6th September 2009 From: CA, USA Member No.: 4,957 |
Wow, to get to go discover such a big (the biggest?) new Nepenthes must be incredible! It's great to hear that the Victoria Range has been granted protection too
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2nd March 2010 - 22:59 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 27th March 2008 From: Brasilia - DF - Brazil Member No.: 3,940 |
Congrats for your wonderful discovery! It's good to know that at least part of the habitat of these species are under protection now. I'm wondering about the altitude this species grows, did you take these mesures?
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3rd March 2010 - 12:01 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 169 Joined: 11th February 2006 From: 7-minutes from Mount-Bold, Adelaide, South Australia Member No.: 2,000 |
Perhaps Attenboroughii was-R Bit 'Premature' ... and This-one Should-be Named-after Edward-Teller: "Father-of-The-Hydrogen-Bomb"!!!??? >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<
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3rd March 2010 - 12:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 554 Joined: 4th August 2003 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 691 |
Fantastic plants, pics and conservation news! Keep up the great work.
Regards Neil |
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12th March 2010 - 04:30 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 10th September 2008 From: Mexico Member No.: 4,251 |
Amazing and really astonishing species! thanks for sharing
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14th March 2010 - 01:50 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 500 Joined: 30th October 2006 From: Auckland, New Zealand Member No.: 2,639 |
Now that's impressive.
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14th March 2010 - 04:15 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 506 Joined: 1st November 2005 From: Hong Kong SAR Member No.: 1,832 |
HI Stewart ~ gorgeous pitchers ~~~ Looking forward for your new books ~ Your nepenthes books are so eye catching and informative ~~
May I know what altitude is these 2 species located ?? Sincerely, Avery This post has been edited by avery: 14th March 2010 - 04:16 AM |
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