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N. glabrata x tentaculata

Hi,

about three years ag I got a plant labeled N. glabrata from J. Nerz. After some time it got obvious this plant wasn't a pure N. glabrata but of course I assume that the mother plant in fact was N. glabrata. Although the hairs on the pitcher lid have disappeared I still believe it is a cross with N. tentaculata. The shape of the peristome and the pitcher shape resembles N. tentaculata.

N_glabrata_x_tentaculata_1203.jpg


This pitcher is around 8cm in height.

Cheers Joachim
 
Joachim:
Your guess is as good as mine!. Maybe it is not a pure glabrata, well, then the plant is a hybrid, but how sure you are that it is mixed with tentaculata?, could it be mixed with hamata instead?. After all hamata and tentaculata resemble a lot. We certainly can't predict how much of the phenotype is inherited from each parent.
 
Beutiful plant! I have no idea about the identity though as I am rather ignorant when it comes to neps!
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I know Phill Mann has a pic of this hybrid on his site. I have seen prior pics of yours before, and I don't remember how you ID'd it, but I was struck how the peristome slants and the base and speckling. it kind of looked like a cross with N. gymnamphora. Just posting a thought while looking att his lovely pitcher of yours.

Regards,

Joe
 
Hi,

well of course this plant might also be a hybrid with N. hamata or even another species. A cross with N. gymanmphora is less likely because I believe it is grown from a seed collected in Sulawesi where N. gymnamphora isn't growing AFAIK. I always thought N. tentaculata is much more wiedespread than N. hamata and because the hybrid N. glabrata x tentaculata I've heared of so far I did guess it is a cross with N. tentaculata - which might be wrong of course. Here is another picture of the peristome where some features can be seen better.

N_glabrata_x_tentaculata_1203_B.jpg


Joe, how did you know this plant is sitting next to my N. gymnamphora which I had to remove to take the photos? ;)

N_gymnamphora_1203_B.jpg


Cheers Joachim
 
I didn't, lol.
If the plant came from wild-collected seed, than you are probably correct. Also, the peristome is definitely thick looking on your N. gymnamphora, and not like what I was thinking. That is a remarkable peristome on that gymnamphora, BTW.

Regards,

Joe
 
that one looks alot like the one used to draw my avatar
 
Very nice Joachim. I agree the pitcher strongly resembles N. tentaculata lower pitcher shape. Particularly in the oval shaped and noticably slanted peristome. Here is a picture of the spotted form from Central Sulawesi
NtentaculataSptdMTCR.jpg
 
Hi Tony,

many thanks for sharing the picture of your N. tentaculata from Sulawesi. It matches my plant very well. - Am I allowed to use this picture for my homepage to illustrate the parentship of my hybrid?

Cheers Joachim
 
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