Frederick Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Hi all, here are some pics from my personal collection and from backstage at the Botanical Garden in Ghent (Belgium) All pics are free from copyright and can be used for personal & commercial use. Drosera scorpioides A small thriving forest in a sarracenia seedling container Drosera pygmea Growing among crystals of calcium Nepenthes x "Hortulanus Otten" As far as I know this is the first pic on the net from this beautifull hybrid. It was created in the Botanical Garden in Leiden and named after Karel Otten, the former hortulanus of the Ghent Botanical Garden. The plant and it's name was revealed at the IEECP at Leiden two years ago and has bicalcarata (and I think veitchii) blood running through it's veins. Nepenthes truncata descent size specimen Nepenthes x mixta Duh Nepenthes x tsujimota Nepenthes x coccinea Nepenthes [ [ x mixta ] x maxima ] Stunning backcross, upper pitcher. The area between the ribs has a nice creamy-white colour. Nepenthes x Mizuho Kondo Easily confused with a regular rafflesiana, this cv (often referred to as var alata) has ribs extending along the tendril. This little shoot doesn't show the feature clearly yet, so you'll have to take my word for it. Nepenthes x Mizuho Kondo Ditto plant, showing the somewhat larger than normal ribs. Nepenthes alata Tha weed. Nepenthes ... forgot this one's name Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 I'm not a big Nepenthes grower as you know, but a Nepenthes ((x mixta) x maxima) "fell off the back of a truck" into my waiting hands last week. There's not a pitcher on it at the moment, but hopefully the plant will turn out something like the one in your photo above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted August 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 I'm not a big Nepenthes grower as you know, but a Nepenthes ((x mixta) x maxima) "fell off the back of a truck" into my waiting hands last week. There's not a pitcher on it at the moment, but hopefully the plant will turn out something like the one in your photo above! You lucky, lucky ... Backcrosses have a certain variability, but one thing you can bet your money on is that with this amount of maxima in it's parentage it'll have a very colourfull barcode on the peristome and a similar shape as shown above. The lower pitchers will normally resemble a mixta with an evenly red peristome. Growing conditions: Lowland, the plant in question is grown in a mixture of rough bark and coco-fiber and this upper pitcher has been formed a while after the greenhouse glass has been chalked, so I wouldn't worry much about lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Fantastic pictures Fred. Id LOVE to come and see them in the flesh. Sooooooooo Aidan has been bitten by the nep bug Bobble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Sooooooooo Aidan has been bitten by the nep bug I wouldn't get too excited, the plant increases my Nepenthes collection by 100%. The first was purchased twenty plus years ago and this one was given to me. So, give me another twenty years and the collection may increase by a further 50%! :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Is it just my strange imagination or poor eye-sight, or does the Nepenthes [ [ x mixta ] x maxima ] look like a praying choir-boy?! Fantastic photos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted August 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 Is it just my strange imagination or poor eye-sight, or does the Nepenthes [ [ x mixta ] x maxima ] look like a praying choir-boy?!Fantastic photos!!! Andy, do you often get visions of innocent young boys when you water your plants ? I was wondering what your imagination makes of this orchid: Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 I don't know what you're trying to say about me Fred? Nice Orchid. Looks like an excited flamingo! Oooh! I wonder what a psychologist would think of me!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly_k Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Looks like somthing from Finger-Bobs to me Anyone remember that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesara Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Hi Fred Great photos.Love the Mixta x Maxima upper pitcher photo as i have the same clone but its only got to the intermediate pitchering state at the moment. Bye for now Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 That orchid flower was in the film Labyrinth as one of the Fureys, either that or it bears a striking resemblance to one of the muppets Bobble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guenter Seiter Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Hi Frederick, Nepenthes x "Hortulanus Otten" As far as I know this is the first pic on the net from this beautifull hybrid. It was created in the Botanical Garden in Leiden and named after Karel Otten, the former hortulanus of the Ghent Botanical Garden. The plant and it's name was revealed at the IEECP at Leiden two years ago and has bicalcarata (and I think veitchii) blood running through it's veins. in the March issue of the CP Newsletter was an article about this hybrid. The parents of this plant are: N.bicalcarata x hirsuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted August 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 In the March issue of the CP Newsletter was an article about this hybrid. The parents of this plant are: N.bicalcarata x hirsuta Thanks Guenter ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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