Nepenthes ID

[Josephallen6406]

Was told this was N. copelandii.
However there seems to be something else in there.

Any possible IDs are really appreciated

 

[Grey Moss]

It definitely looks right. More information on where you bought it from and what country you're located in would help

 

[Josephallen6406]

It definitely looks right. More information on where you bought it from and what country you're located in would help

I’m located in Alberta Canada.
I got it from another collector in BC.
Im a botanist and the guy I got it from specializes in taxonomy.
Both of us are baffled by it.

It seems to slender to be a pure copelandii

 

[Grey Moss]

There are a lot of very similar looking plants in the alata complex. However, unless someone has been importing seed from the Phillipines I'd stick to copelandii. Your growing conditions, plant maturity, or individual genetic variation could be causing the pitchers to present differently from what you expect

 

[Bio]

Looks about right to me. Probably just variation, or maybe some interbreeding with a similar species somewhere in its parentage.

 

[hcarlton]

copelandii is a slender species, and part of your confusion may be stemming from the old confusion with N. zygon which frequently has the more bulbous, alata-esque pitcher shapes.