Help a newbie identify Nepenthes

[exoticworm]

Hi,

My husband bought me a Nepenthes sp. pitcher plant for my birthday as I had been ogling them for months. Unfortunately I don't know what I am doing so I have been reading as much as I can. I have two big questions:

In order to get the best care advice possible, can someone help me identify the species / hybrid? If so, how could you tell? If these pictures are not helpful, which part of the plant would help?

There is a whole lotta leaf going on so I suspect this guy has outgrown his pot. I was wondering if it would be okay to transplant the whole thing as one big piece into a larger pot. I have read lots of helpful advice on substrate but not really on the actual transplanting.

Thanks. This forum has already been enormously helpful.

Heather

 

[Heli]

Nepenthes 'Miranda' which is Nepenthes (maxima x northiana) x maxima

 

[Api]

Definitely ok to transplant.

I recommend getting the book "The Savage Garden". It is the CP Bible.

 

[pmatil]

Yeah looks like the same as my "nepenthes sp." and it seems to be indeed Miranda.

 

[hcarlton]

Definitely Miranda. It's also certainly ready to be repotted, and with that much new growth, I'd say a pot even up to twice the size of the current one would be good. That may help the different growth points spread out a little bit.