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KPG's Nepenthes

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killerplantsguy

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I guess I'll take the plunge and start an ongoing thread.

Starting with some "hanataphilia":

N. hamata "undisclosed site B"
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N. hamata BE-158 (N. singalana on the right)
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N. hamata Wistuba clone 3
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New pitcher on N. Hamata RH
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Plus, a recently opened pitcher on N. macrophylla BE
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Cheers,
KPG
 
loving them all :) especially the red hairy. looks a bit like a villosa crossed with hamata!

are they squatter than regular hamata pitchers or is it just the angle of the shot misleading me?

cheers
 
Nepenthes hamata can get pretty bristle-covered! Great plants there!
Just a hybrid that popped in my head: Nepenthes hamata x rafflesiana.
 
mylesG said:
loving them all :) especially the red hairy. looks a bit like a villosa crossed with hamata!

are they squatter than regular hamata pitchers or is it just the angle of the shot misleading me?

cheers
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Yes, those I have seen tend to be a bit more squat, and quite a bit smaller than a "typical" Nepenthes hamata. The RH hamatas are striking, but I enjoy
the other hamata more. Much easier to grow, and the pitchers are more striking, to my eye.
KPG
 
Spectacular plants KPG. Man! I love all of them. I miss my hamata. :( lol
 
Couple of early evening shots...

Lots of nectar on this N. macrophylla peristome (sorry I didn't clean the dust)
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One you might not see too often - N. lowii x aristolochioides
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Cheers,
KPG
 
Cool plants both. I'm a sucker for toothies (especially as I don't have any yet), but that lowii x aristo is fascinatingly unusual!
 
very nice indeed, I haven't seen a macro pitcher that looked that nice in quit awhile. congrats!!!
 
Love the N. Sabre's. I have one as well, but mine is more red at the start, and gets really deep garnet red with age. I wonder if mine is the same as one of yours? I have no idea how many clones there are out there, do you?
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Whimgrinder said:
Love the N. Sabre's. I have one as well, but mine is more red at the start, and gets really deep garnet red with age. I wonder if mine is the same as one of yours? I have no idea how many clones there are out there, do you?
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When EP released the "Sabre" plants (tc) the vendor I got them from believed there were four varieties. At the time, EP would not disclose the parentage. Later, they described N. xSabre as the grex namei N. vetricosa x xtrusmadiensis, on Sam's grex registry. The original release of N. ventricosa x xtrusmadiensis seedlings mean a much greater number of individual clones out there. When EP listed cuttings of Sabre (a), (b), & (c), I wondered if they were from the original seedlings or the tc plants. I don't know if that was ever revealed.

Your plant could well be the same as one of mine. As you know, environment affects color, plus ambient light makes a big difference as well. The first two plants were photographed out of doors, and the rather harsh sunlight gives the colors a "washed out" appearance.

Just for fun, I dug out one of my old photos of one of the N. ventricosa x TM seedlings:

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Cheers,
KPG
 
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