First flower stalk!!

[Jayson16]

Hey guys, got my first nepenthes flower stalk! The problem is that I dont know if it is male or female and the plant is unknown... So any help would be great.

Here are some older pitchers

Thanks for any help

Jay.

 

[phissionkorps]

Hmm those are shaped kind of goofy...

 

[theyellowdart]

Do you know if it's a species or hybrid?
If it's a hybrid, it looks like it definately has some ventricosa in it.
Sorry I can't help out more.

 

[Jayson16]

I think it is a hybrid, a couple people said it did have some vent in it...I think I found the same plant on Elgecko's website before he updated it.

Hmm those are shaped kind of goofy...

The pitchers or the flower?

 

[Jefforever]

The flower looks female to me! But I'm not really a nep flower expert...

Pretty plant, whatever it is.

 

[phissionkorps]

The flower looks a little weird.

 

[obregon562]

it is kinda "different"...but it looks like a female to me! Thats good for you!

 

[srduggins]

That's a female. The hybrid reminds me of burkei x ventricosa and the clone in circulation is also a female.

Need Pollen?

 

[jm82792]

Mines flowering My spathulata X maxima Maybe it is a male,I'll have to wait awhile longer.
That would be interesting.

 

[Jayson16]

Thanks for the help guys, maybe a little later we can tell better. srduggins- would deff be interested in sending you some when it opens, have not clue how to collect it....

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

you dont collect pollen from a female plant....males make the pollen i have a male sanguinea orange coming into flower. this is my first stalk too so i dont know how long itll be till i get open flowers. but mine does look a bit like the stage yours is on. just out of the leaf. ill be happy to send you pollen though!

hey Steve: got any females for mine?

Alex

 

[Capensis]

Congrats! I like those pitchers.

 

[Jayson16]

My bad, thanks for clearin that up glider. Would love to get some pollen and split the seeds if everything works out...So iv heard it could be, miranda, mixta, or burkei x ventricosa. Well thanks guys

Jay.

 

[Jayson16]

Update.

I think its now open because it smells like crap. So is it still a female?

Thanks for any help

Jay.

 

[phissionkorps]

Female all ze way
Get you some of that sanguinea pollen from glider

 

[obregon562]

i have a male ventricosa if you'd like...

 

[Capensis]

Female flower, you obviously have good luck!

 

[CPsInAtl]

FWIW I think it could be truncata x ventricosa

Do the flowers smell like fritos?

 

[Jayson16]

lol I dunno bout fritos but it really had a strong smell to it.

 

[CPsInAtl]

I was just wondering. I know that Nep flowers don't smell "good" but the truncatas over at Atlanta Botanical Garden smell like Fritos when they are blooming.