ventricosa x northiana or ventricosa x spathulata?!?

[dionae]

I bought this plant as N.x ventricosa x northiana but i'm starting to suspect its actually N.x ventricosa x spathulata. Can any of you more experienced nepenthes growers help with the ID? Thanks beforehand.

 

[Smitty]

looks spot on to the pics on CPphotofinder. I have 2 of these myself. They both look like your pic as well as the pic on site aforementioned.

Pretty disappointing imo....I was hoping to see something special in these guys!

 

[dionae]

So you think its the northiana hybrid?

I actually like it. Definitely not the most showy but looks like it will have a nice peristome when it gets older.

 

[Smitty]

I believe it is. I can see the northiana in the interior of the pitcher walls. The colored "splotching" rings true on my N northiana's pitchers.

 

[dionae]

Thanks!

 

[Dexenthes]

Huh, interesting. It really does look like N. ventricosa x spathulata, moreso than ventricosa x northiana. But on photofinder it matches the description pretty well.

Maybe it is just a disappointing cross (for having a northiana parent, otherwise it is pretty handsome).

 

[Cthulhu138]

Here's my ventricosa X spathulata
<a href="http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h434/Nepenthes138/Nepenthes%20-%20Hybrids/?action=view&current=3-25-12002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h434/Nepenthes138/Nepenthes%20-%20Hybrids/3-25-12002.jpg" border="0" alt="Nepenthes ventricosa X spathulata"></a>

I don't know what you have there but, Id say it's not ventricosa X spathulata. At no point did mine make pitchers that resemble yours.

 

[dionae]

Thank you Dex and Cthulhu! Guess vent x northiana it is.