Nepenthes rafflesiana Appreciation Thread!

[Sundrew]

All of the raffs look great! Gotta love BE's giant clones. I didn't know BE88 was so light-colored!

 

[Sundrew]

A quick pic of my N. rafflesiana 'Bruni Squat x (Kondo x Singapore Giant 6)'s newest pitcher. It popped yesterday. It's about 5" tall, and is the first formed in my care.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8363078966/" title="DSC02028 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8363078966_a8d4e88112_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC02028"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8362016231/" title="DSC02027 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8362016231_6873398984_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSC02027"></a>

 

[divaskid]

Sundrew, that raf has a really beautiful stripped peristome! Do you have a full picture of it as well?

 

[tzestan]

Nice photos of raffs. How could this thread be complete without picture of uppers? ..
2 of mine,

 

[mato]

Nice! The plant itself must be huge.

 

[tzestan]

Nice! The plant itself must be huge.

Not too big. Can still stay in 5 in pot.
Photos were taken when they were 2m tall. Leave span shorter than 30cm.

 

[Sundrew]

New Nepenthes rafflesiana BE99 pitcher. Not mature yet, but getting there

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8440418787/" title="DSC02085 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8440418787_1a02d46b04_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC02085"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8440419655/" title="DSC02084 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8222/8440419655_a8eff47ab0_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC02084"></a>

 

[Sundrew]

N. rafflesiana 'Bruni Squat x (Kondo x Singapore Giant 6) aged peristome:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8450938780/" title="DSC02113 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8450938780_0a26aaac9d_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC02113"></a>

 

[BioZest]

That's an awesome looking pattern on the inside of the pitcher. It's mesmerizing

 

[adilevi424@gm]

got 2 love raffs

anyone grow wistuba clones?
1.baku -very unusual pitcher lid
2. almost white pitcher .

here is my raff
lower

upper

 

[Sundrew]

Awesome plants! I love the light-colored uppers, how large are they?

 

[Wire Man]

So, the giant raff at Meadowview is not a clone, it's a seed grown plant, which explains why it looks so different.

 

[mcmcnair]

yea i should have told you guys that when i gave them to you... So you guys know what the raffs at meadowview will look like when they get older here are some old pics from about a year ago from them.

N. rafflesiana Giant Seedgrown

N. rafflesiana var. elegans Seedgrown (that's the best ID I could come up with, it's based off of CZ Plants' listing of the plant)

IMG_1892 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_1894 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

And this is my most recent Raff aquisition from my trip up to Virginia with Graham and Luca
N. rafflesiana Agristarts Old Clone

N. rafflesiana Agristarts Old Clone by mcmcnair, on Flickr

 

[Heli]

Damn Mason, im not that into raffs but that elegans is incredible.

 

[hcarlton]

I second that. The striping makes it look like a spectabilis x raff hybrid, it's beautiful!!!! By the way, someone should really make that hybrid, I've nenver seen it before.

 

[Sundrew]

A new pitcher popped on my N. rafflesiana "alata x squat" SG from Exotica. I love the neon green peristome and bloody teeth:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8552989574/" title="DSC02203 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8552989574_d339f87e81_z.jpg" width="373" height="640" alt="DSC02203"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84442298@N03/8552989496/" title="DSC02202 by Sundrew, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8552989496_ce5b2fcee5_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="DSC02202"></a>

 

[Api]

Nom nom on your finger.

 

[Wire Man]

Hey Luca, remember when you got your finger stuck in the burbidgeae pitcher?

 

[Sundrew]

The teeth of my bigger raff actually caught on my finger today...

 

[mcmcnair]

The newest pitcher on my N. raff. Agristarts Clone

N. rafflesiana Agristarts Clone by mcmcnair, on Flickr

and the newest pitcher on my N. rafflesiana var. elongata aka N. baramensis

N. baramensis by mcmcnair, on Flickr