NepGrower Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Absolutely stunning. My clone from BE has red leaves and not such colourful pitchers but is a hell of a lot smaller. Was it a small plant in 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepGrower Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 From memory it was medium sized, maybe 15 cm across. It's one of the 24 clones from Pig Hill (BE-3041). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckieg Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Such an amazing and beautiful plant! In future, should you take any cuttings, I would be completely delighted to obtain one from you! You're totally right about the likeness to platychila, goes to show how close the common ancestor of these plants really is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Thanks for your reply,there is a fair bit of variation as I am sure mine is one of those 24 from pig hill.Still one of my favourite neps and I hope mine carries on increasing in size even if it is at a slow pace Edited November 2, 2014 by corky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Beautiful pitchers, thanks for sharing. Definately one for my wants list ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepGrower Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) beckieg - When it eventually decides to climb and I take some cuttings I'll let you know. It doesn't seem to be in a hurry, though! (Which honestly I'm quite happy about - loving these lowers!) I've found some older photos which show how the pitcher morphology has changed over the years. October 2010: October 2011: May 2012: May 2013: July 2014: August 2014: Edited November 5, 2014 by NepGrower 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Very cool to see the progression of the plant over the years. I feel like Eric Clapton when he first saw Hendrix play,he wanted to give up Edited November 8, 2014 by corky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerb Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 That is one of the best burbidgeae I have seen! I must compliment you on how well you grow this species. Thanks for sharing these photos. Regards, Christer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Some of those pitchers also remind me of N. attenboroughii... This species, is unlike nearly all its closer relatives, in that is seems to use the white color of the pitchers as a visual lure. In my plants, the pitcher buds seek dark spots to grow in and this tendency is remarkable stronger in N. burbidgeae that in any other species I've grown. N. ventricosa, N. villosa, N. sibuyanensis and N. burkei do like to bury their pitchers, but it isn't quite the same behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckieg Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Awesome photos, it really is an impressive plant, the earlier pitchers were amazing anyway, the latest are something else! Phwoar, that striped perisome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bux Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Simply a beauty! May be i should live in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauthier Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 So beautiful! I'm falling in love with your burbidgeae! Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Spectacular!!! you lucky bugger!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Olivermurray7373 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 So so so jealous my fav nepenthes Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepGrower Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Thanks for the comments everyone! I managed to dig out a pitcher photo from 2010 which I've added to the series above. Turns out the plant was a bit bigger upon arrival than I'd remembered. This is what it looked like when I received it in April 2010 (pot is 14 cm wide): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthes Lowii Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) 1 where did you get it? 2 can i get a cutting? Or maby you could take a leafr a grouw a plant from DNA Edited November 8, 2014 by Nepenthes Lowii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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