Did anybody say hybrid?

[agustinfranco]

Dear all:

I would like to share these hyrids with you. I specially like the first one! even though the second one looks good too!!. Anyway, here they go!

What i like the best is the burgundy coloured teeth surrounded by the whiter peristome.

I like the red lips of this one!

Gus

 

[lithopsman]

Hello,
Can you please give us some names? The first one looks like an immature rafflesiana, the second one is hard to tell. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[agustinfranco]

Hi Lithopsman. Well, the first one has rafflesiana in it but it is not pure rafflesiana and the second one has ampullaria background but again not pure. Can you try one more time?. I think these exercises help us tune up our identification skills!

Gus

 

[trashcan]

Maybe you should rename the files.

 

[agustinfranco]

The first one is sibuyanensis X rafflesiana the second is thorelli X ampullaria.

Now, i am going to tell you a little story. I was taking care of my nep babies this afternoon. I forgot i had so many hybrids cramped up in one 4 foot tank. I just took a plant from the back and guess what, it had 4 beautiful pitchers hidden by the larger plants. So i took a photo to remember this moment!

and by the way, it does not matter if you read the file names any more. Good luck

Gus

 

[swords]

N. aristolochioides x maxima?

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Thats a nice hybrid with N. aristolochioides as the one parent. the other parent possibilies for my guessing are:

x alata ( a red form)
x thorelli
x sanguinea
x argentii (a long shot!)

 

[agustinfranco]

Very Good Duestin: which of the four is it though?

Gus

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Sure make it more difficult.

Thanks Gus!

Umm...ok I'll prolly be wrong but you seem to have a knack to get ahold of some outta this world hybrids so I'm going to say my initial thought when I looked at it....

N. aristolochioides x N. thorelli. If it's not then it must be crossed with argentii.

 

[Capslock]

Yeah, it looks kinda like my N. aristolochioides x N. thorelli, but it's smaller, so it's hard to tell. I love the aristolochiodes hybrids. I also have a N. aristolochioides x N. ventricosa that is growing like a weed!

Capslock

 

[lithopsman]

I would say alata or sanguinea, because the look of thorelli is more distinctively well, thorelli. Just my opinion. As to Capslock: So you're the one that got the plant that I was about to order!

 

[agustinfranco]

very good Duestin and Capslock: thorelli X aristolochioides. Wait until you see the next  set. I Believe some people have the knack to create hybrids others have the knack to get the rarest species possible.

I have a couple of other hybrids and i'll show them to you next time.

P.S.
Have you ever seen a Hamata X truncata??

 when you do in exactly 4 months, please sit on your chairs and ask your parents to bring you a glass of your favourite drink, Of course if you are over 18, well you can have some alcohol, cause I'll have some too. you are going to need it!!

Gus