I love how tubby the pitchers are on this plant!
My largest is roughly 3-3.5cm - so not large by any stretch of the imagination. However, the 1st pitcher I got after it arrived in mid October was only about 1cm - so it's progressing nicely imho.if thez yo, are 2cm, about how large are yours Ron?
At the moment - no. It's inflating its 5th pitcher since October and the size progression has been nice... However, I've learned that I don't really know how hard something is to grow until I've got at least a year or two under my belt. Some plants struggle in the winter & others in the summer. Although I've been growing CPs for years, I only recently allowed myself the luxury of getting a few Neps & Utrics - so I also don't have any real history growing any of these guys. Some people feel aristo's are tough - we'll see. Some felt that way about hamata's also - but the 2 I've had for about a year have grown like weeds continuously since they arrived (about a year ago iirc) as rootless little babies ... So - time will tell...... and are these tuff to grow?
OK - I agreed to post a pic or 2 but I need to apologize in advance for the poor quality. Typically I pull the plant out of it's home & march it outside. With the temps in the teens (*F) here - that wasn't going to happen. I ended up just snapping some through the dirty glass of the terrarium. Tried for more unobstructed views but then I got glare (blah, blah, blah...)It just keeps putting out bigger & bigger pitchers. When i get a chance, I'll snap a pic or two & post.
You're kidding - right? I tend to view several of my older tanks as organizational nightmares - squeeze something in here, push that over there, let this grow over that. The hamata has taken over half of my largest D. ascendens pot and it's newest pitcher is setting up on the aristo pot ...Wow, that tank is drool-worthy RL7836..