What is the biggest pitcher ever recorded?

[evergreen]

I don't mean the species but an exact plant and a picture if possible. Do people actually document this stuff?

 

[seedjar]

I bet there are a few photos out there with people wearing N. rajah pitchers for hats or something. I don't know if there's a Guinness Book entry on it, though.
~Joe

 

[BigBella]

I don't mean the species but an exact plant and a picture if possible. Do people actually document this stuff?

I would have to agree that it's Nepenthe rajah. Supposedly, there are pitchers that can hold a couple liters of water . . .

 

[Halt]

haha store your emergancy kit water in your pitchers! we had a "shake down drill" at school today. I was thinking if we could have our neps outside with like lotsa water and live :]

 

[BigBella]

haha store your emergancy kit water in your pitchers! we had a "shake down drill" at school today. I was thinking if we could have our neps outside with like lotsa water and live :]

Unopened pitchers in the wild have often served as emergency sources of water. The fluid is near sterile until the pitcher opens . . .

 

[aaddaam]

my guess would be tuncataXmerrilliana. it was bred to be big.

 

[Wolfn]

 

[xvart]

I would have to agree that it's Nepenthe rajah. Supposedly, there are pitchers that can hold a couple liters of water . . .

This N. merrilliana reportedly held almost three liters of water.

xvart.

 

[Fryster]

Now THAT'S a big pitcher!!

IF, it's not photoshopped............

 

[Zero]

thanks for posting that xvart. I was going to look for that thread.

 

[Capensis]

DANG! That's huge!

 

[rattler]

i submit the newly discovered species.................. Nepenthes mailbagus.........an isolated population found in Montana of all places......known to feed on unwary schipperkes....approximate volume 35 gallons

 

[DrWurm]

I found this picture of a sizeable N. Jamban online...

 

[elgecko]

This N. merrilliana reportedly held almost three liters of water.

xvart.

I saw a picture on that forum that shows a picture of a N. merrilliana that is bigger then that.
I think it's next to a 5 gallon bucket and about the same size. It's huge.