My newest "family member"!

[PineappleRain]

Here are some pictures of my newest addition, my very first carnivorous plant! I'm such a total newbie with this, but so far so good!

 

[thez_yo]

Nice ventrata!

Hey is that storm going to blow over your area too? I hear there's something nasty a brewin' over yonder in your neck of the woods.

 

[Iwest]

Nice healthy looking nep It's nice to see a plant produce so many good-looking pitchers

 

[PineappleRain]

Thanks!

The guy I bought it from said it was an alata--is it a ventrata, then?

 

[thez_yo]

Based on what I'm seeing in http://cpphotofinder.com/nepenthes-x-ventrata-1902.html vs http://cpphotofinder.com/nepenthes-alata-663.html they look a lot the same to me, but I think alata's supposed to have a less ridged peristome. But, I've never grown a ventrata. What do you think from the pics? Here's a pic of my alata's peristome for comparison http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz100/thez_yo/orchids and cps/P9280005.jpg

 

[nepenthes99]

I assure you you will have the plant for a long time, they are quite vigorous and easy to grow! Ventrata was my first CP as well.

 

[Wire Man]

Definitely N. x ventrata. N. alata doesn't have the little rim spikes on the peristome. It grows really fast.

 

[hcarlton]

Fairly certain it's a ventrata (the one uber common nep I still don't have), based on the larger-than-alata peristome. Alatas almost never have peristomes that wide, though it may be a 'Deroose Alata' (ventrata x alata). Healthy looking plant, though!

 

[richjam1986]

Very nice first plant!

 

[Tony Paroubek]

'Deroose Alata' (ventrata x alata).

gah....

The Deroose N. alata (which this is without a doubt, down to the white hanging basket and all!) is simply a N. Ventrata like all the rest. Someone somewhere years ago thought it looked like N. ventrata x alata to them and this baloney has circulated ever since...

 

[thez_yo]

gah....

The Deroose N. alata (which this is without a doubt, down to the white hanging basket and all!) is simply a N. Ventrata like all the rest. Someone somewhere years ago thought it looked like N. ventrata x alata to them and this baloney has circulated ever since...

Huh, so maybe I have grown ventrata then.

 

[Kayota]

It is a really nice plant no matter what it is! Still jelly man >>

 

[PineappleRain]

Thanks for clearing up "James"'s true identity for me. I think "alata" is a cooler word than "ventrata" (silly, I know), so I'll have to be on the lookout for an actual alata someday!