Borneo Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi, Can anyone guess what this is: In case you can't tell from the photo, the pitcher is 9" (21cm) tall. Guesses anyone? I'm afraid a correct guess doesn't win the plant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kltower Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 A red form of N. burkei! Choong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borneo Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi Chong, sort of close (geographically speaking) but no, it's not N. burkei. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 It has the bottle shape of an alata but the colouring reminds me of a mira. Is it N. alata x mira ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kltower Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi Rob, How about N. philippinensis? Are you going to write a guidebook on the nepenthes of The Philippines? Choong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesara Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi Rob What a fantastic looking plant,i love the speckled effect on the inside of the pitcher,a real beut I know your a busy man but more photos please. Bye for now Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesara Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 HI AS for what it is,hmmm alata,ventricosa or possibly a ventrata x Densiflora ??? Bye Julian :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janmyszkier Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 i may only guess but how about alata x truncata? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borneo Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Wow! Still not got it, yes Choong, it is from the Philippines, and it's a species not a hybrid. Now, there aren't many options left really. Thanks julian, I would love to post more photos soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 phillipinensis ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 A red highland truncata (with underdeveloped peristome). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 A sanguinea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogier Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 I really have no idea what species / variety that nice Nepenthes is, but I want to compliment you with one of the best avatars I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swords Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 The giant form of N. alata? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kltower Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Okay Rob, final guess: N. petiolata. Choong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool85k5 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 N.merilliana? Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool85k5 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 N.petiolata? Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Griffin Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Well, after reading this on PFTs forum this morning, and putting the clues together from there and here, it has to be N. petiolata. Not what I would have thought . Gorgeous plant! Regards, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borneo Posted January 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hi, Well done Choong, Jerry, Joe, N. petiolata it sure is! I don't know if this species has been grown to this size before. I believe Danser only had a single leaf and pitcher to describe it from, so the inflorescence is not properly recorded (I have some habitat photos of seed heads only). There will be whoops of joy from here when it flowers! N. petiolata is a very interesting species in that like N. truncata, it's difficult to associate it with any other species in the Philippines. The pitchers have a very unusual texture and blood-red coloration and even the tendrils are hairy. I posted this tread on another website's forum too and someone suggested N. burkei, I'll post some photos of that species soon and you'll see the differences are marked. For one thing N. burkei isn't hairy but you probably couldn't see the velvety fuzz covering the N. petiolata pitcher and tendril in the photo. Here's another photo. Please ignore the miserable tousled old guy on the left, that photo was taken before I had my first coffee of the day! BTW, sorry if this posting ignores any other correct guesses but I'm having to write it off line and upload a bit later. No immediate plans to write a guidebook at present Choong, I've been to quite a lot of places in the Philippines but frankly I'm probably just not a good enough photographer. I'd probably prefer to write a cultivation manual, that would give me an excuse to visit all the great growers out there as an information gathering exercise. Now there's a thought... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Borneo, If you wrote a cultivation manual on Nepenthes I would buy it! So, at least there's one more reason to do it! P.S. I'm jeolous of your career out there with Borneo Exotics. Nepenthes are my favorite CP to grow! I can stare at my Nep tank all day. Take care. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglypho Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 I don't have a nep, but your nep is the most beautiful i have ever seen! :blob: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas.Brinkley Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I reckon a cultivation maunual would sell like hotcakes! Its desperately overdue, thanks to the internet weve all been able to get away with not having any published...but it would make things much easier, afterall all other specialist plant growers have books and books on their genera and particular species. Id certainly buy one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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