Macfarlanei or an hybrid?

[srduggins]

There is a lot of variety among sanguinea and many of them have red peristomes.

 

[emilias_garden]

<span style='color:teal'>Thanks for the info, Steve!</span>

 

[ludwig777]

Here's mine about to pitcher:

 

[emilias_garden]

<span style='color:teal'>Well... that is a long tendril!

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[killerplantsguy]

Here is N. macfarlanei (?) I'm growing.  The white hairs under the lid aren't too apparent in this photo - shallow depth of field.  

KPG

 

[emilias_garden]

<span style='color:teal'>Ohh that is a beautiful mac pitcher!!! I do see the white hairs.... Has it been dificult for you to cultivate it?

Cheers!</span>

 

[killerplantsguy]

It's been a slow to medium grower, so far.  Had it about a year.

 

[emilias_garden]

<span style='color:teal-'>I see! Thanks for the reply and info!

Congratulations on your plant!</span>

 

[srduggins]

Here's the latest pitcher on my hybrid with a bigger one starting to open. Looking pretty good, and I almost traded this one away.

 

[emilias_garden]

<span style='color:teal'>Great pitcher Steve! I hope mine will start to look like yours soon! How big is that pitchers?</span>

 

[srduggins]

A little smaller than this one

A like the long curvy mouth with a hint of the moustache. I hope the technical jargon doesn't confuse you too much.

 

[Dave S.]

Here is a picture of my N. macfarlanei x (tobaica x thorelii) that recently opened:

 

[setep]

Howdy, all - Sorry, have no data to add; just wanted to mention, as a fascinated bystander, that I love the pics and avidly absorb the conversational interplay. And, as a totally uncredentialed neophyte, I understand the desire to get a genuine example of the pure species; but the hybrids (if properly identified) appear well worth growing in their own right.

 

[srduggins]

You sound like you're well on your way into Journeyman Nep'er. Stick around here and you'll be there in no time. It took me years till I started to appreciate hybrids, and sometimes it doesn't even matter if they are properly identified or not. Case in point:

 

[Tony Paroubek]

Nice pitcher Dave S. Very colorful hybrid indeed.

Setup, good observations. While sometimes dissappointing that you get a large mix of hybrids in wild seed when looking for the species itself. The hybrids are certainly interesting and fun in their own right.

This one I am particularly fond of. The pitchers are larger than the plant and quite attractive. And has the typical hybrid trait of being easier to grow. Even though I will never be able to say exactly what it is other than a mix of N. macfarlanei and N. sanguinea and perhaps something else, I plan to propagate it for release.

Tony