JamesHans Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hi, I have just returned from my delayed honeymoon in Sri Lanka. During the visit we went to the Sinharaja rain forest to go and see the endemic Nepenthes specie in Sri Lanka; Nepenthes Distolloria?. They were easy to find, but what more suprised me was the many appearances in shape / colour of these pitchers. I saw long vines of this plan 10-15m long, the stalks were red/green, some had long leaves and long tendrils, some had long tendrils and very long leaves. Anyway I wanted to post the pictures I took of the different plants I saw. Don't suppose there is a new specie anywhere here ; ) There was one where it was growing up a tree and the pictures were very tall and elongated with red lids. Anyway take a look.... Any oberservations :) Thanks James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefforever Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Fantastic pics! Reminds me of the N. alata I saw in Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An D Smith Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Nice pics of a rarely seen species, thanks. Jeff, did you mean N. gracilis? James, where abouts in Hampshire are you? Cheers Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Fantastic! I was also just going to say.... I have never seen this species in the wild (In pics I mean ). Beautiful shots of some elegant plants. cheers, varun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHans Posted November 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hi, To me there was clearly a red type of this plant that had red leaf stems and red pitchers and a green one. These were both growing side by side and were clearly different. The third picture to me was different again. The lids were different and the pitcher was more upright and didn't really have the bulbous bottom like the others; new specie or just the same? I live in Bordon, Hampshire. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefforever Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Haha, yeah, that's what I meant. My mind's been groggy since I got the flu a couple days ago. Thanks Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) James, as others have already said. Thanks for showing a species not often seen in wild pic's. Very nice to see. Regarding the variation, it is just that. You have been lucky enougth to be able to see for yourself how variable Neps can be. Most people only get to see a couple of clones that are all identical and assume that the whole species must look identical. I wish I could see this myself in the wild, but even with cultivated seedlings I see this same variation of very red and very green siblings. After all, just think how variable humans are - some have red hair, some have blond hair - some even have fat bottoms Edited November 29, 2010 by Phil Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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