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Quick update. This thing has gone insane flowering this year. It's been pretty much non-stop. Still kicking out buds now. I'm getting fed up of my bedroom smelling musty now though so I might cut the rest of the buds off yet

This is a plant I got in 2010, originally from Borneo Exotics. It's always been a strong grower in my conditions and pitchers reliably on every leaf. Right now the peristome seems to be getting wider with every successive pitcher, and for that brief period between unfurling and folding back it's almost reminiscent of N. platychila... And here's what it looks like now that the peristome has folded back a bit: And a better view of the underside of the lid: Thanks for looking, Michael

I think it was some bloke on another Nepenthes forum called Dave Evans who used to make statements like;

Thanks, corky! Looks pretty much like a D. 'Dorks Pink'. Richard, my experience with frost tolerance and pygmy drosera is that adult plants can withstand light frosts, even the pots frozen solid for some days. Loose gemmae (not the attached ones, however) and youngsters will die under these conditions quickly. Therefore I keep my adult plants in my wintergarden, while the next generation is grown inside at long photoperiods until spring when I adjust them to the conditions in the wintergarden. Best regards Dieter

we will rich most likely next year at some point, I will be heading back very soon, chavbadge etc

Villosa x Argentii Raff x Villosa Raff x Argentii Burb x Talang has been done and its beautiful!! snaps 1264 by elvis g, on Flickr

From memory it was medium sized, maybe 15 cm across. It's one of the 24 clones from Pig Hill (BE-3041).

To be perfectly honest i'm quite sure if we met we would get allong just fine and i'm quite sure Dave is a perfectly genuine and decent guy. Whether he's write or wrong about basals isn't of great importance but if your going to make very bold statements about it being due to one effect or another you should back it up with some solid evidence and be prepared to discuss that evidence. Dave was, or is a 'scientist' and should be able to do that. Being an engineer, i've learnt not to listen to BS from scientists too much. I recall someone once said absolutely and categorically like it was written in stone that you cannot grow nepenthes or orchids in peat. Except that i've beein doing it for 40 years.... Just more forum BS.

bicalcarata x hamata

Hello Manders, I'm not sure how accurate comparisons to fruit trees work for these kinds of plants... Both Nepenthes and Utricularia have literally turned themselves inside-out in relation to how they use their various plant parts compared to nearly all other kinds of plants. Nepenthes transposed their lamina to their petioles, invaginated their original lamina and turned it into a stomach! And the tendrils amazing ability to hunt for a spot to set the pitcher bud is one of the most impressive actions I've seen out of plants. Utricularia transposed their root systems to the rest of the plant! Their true leaves are underground and usually colorless. The leaf function was transposed to stolons. Perhaps some other things, not so visually prominent, have also been transposed?

Hi What a difference it makes to a nepenthes pitcher size when you spray them with water at night,What do you all think?? Nepenthes 'Princess'