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BE-3519 aristo X hairy hamata ?

Hello all.

I just purchased this BE-3519 N. aristolochioides X RHH from my favorite local supplier. I think it is really pretty, however, I am not entirely convinced that this particular plant contains aristo genes. All of the other BE-3519 that were available looked a lot different than mine. I have attached a picture of mine (tall pitcher) and a picture of another to compare it to. The rosette on mine is smaller than the other plant, and the pitcher is larger. I am interested to hear the thoughts of others. Thank you :) I wonder if I ended up with a different hybrid.. I should have bought both plants! They are so cool

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Pics of the rosette would be helpful. I agree that they don't look to be the same, but could variability or a mix-up explain it?
I see a lot of singalana in your plant. N. singalana x hamata maybe?
 
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IMO it's pretty much futile to try and guess the parentage of small, recently purchased, recent crosses. The best thing to do is grow it out. If I recall correctly, many Sumatran Nepenthes have very similar foliage, including N. singalana and N. talangensis, so rosette pictures may not clarify any situation. BE has a photo of BE-3519 on their photo catalog, but again, it's a much more mature plant.

EDIT: You could also contact the nursery you purchased it from and check if they had any N. singalana x hamata "Red Hairy" plants... I imagine that it's much more likely that in the process of potting them up after importing, the nursery mixed them up and not BE, considering BE's good track record.
 
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That definitely shows aristo traits, the bottom picture especially. I wouldnt doubt the parentage of the plant, BE rarely makes mistakes like that.
Edit: Looking through your post I see that the bottom one is not actually yours lol. That being said, I think the top one is either singalana x rhh or aristo x rhh, I am leaning towards aristo x rhh merely because it is not often that BE makes a mistake like that, and hybrids sometimes have unusual traits.
 
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IMO it's pretty much futile to try and guess the parentage of small, recently purchased, recent crosses. The best thing to do is grow it out. If I recall correctly, many Sumatran Nepenthes have very similar foliage, including N. singalana and N. talangensis, so rosette pictures may not clarify any situation. BE has a photo of BE-3519 on their photo catalog, but again, it's a much more mature plant.

EDIT: You could also contact the nursery you purchased it from and check if they had any N. singalana x hamata "Red Hairy" plants... I imagine that it's much more likely that in the process of potting them up after importing, the nursery mixed them up and not BE, considering BE's good track record.

I agree with Clue. In my experience, the aristo hybrids grow very quickly, so you should be able to make a positive ID within a year. That being said, I have (allegedly) an aristo x (vent x spec) which produces a radically different pitcher each time it has produced a pitcher for me. So, you might have to wait for the pitcher morphology to stabilize.
 
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