Comparison of Nepenthes ulukaliana on right, and ulukaliana x ramispina on left, both from @jeremiahsplants at different times. The hybrid has inherited the lid fuzz and a lot of the pitcher chunkiness of ulu, but the more cylindrical traps and, more notably, the much slimmer and darker purple flushed leaves give away the rami parentage. The two species grow alongside each other in many places in the wild so hybrids and introgression are common.
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If you’re like me and are always either too broke or too slow to take advantage of Nepenthes x kinabaluensis being made available…mira x villosa is a darn good substitute. This seed grown plant from @bramblesbotanicals (and I think grown out of @jeremiahsplants seeds) is a significantly fast plant as far as highlanders go, has great maroon-brick red coloration, and with every new pitcher it not only gets bigger, but the peristome gets broader and toothier. When it matures I expect it’ll make a pretty good imitation, if slightly smaller, of true x kinabaluensis
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Two Nepenthes vogelii growing out, can’t wait to finally see uppers eventually.
Or I at least think the second is pure vogelii; it was purchased as vogelii x aristo from Predatory Plants but has no aristo in it, and they had a pure vogelii set at the time too so there was a switchup (similar thing unfortunately happened when they sent me a robcantleyi x truncata instead of rob x vogelii, and never heard back when asked about either one…).
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Just keeps getting better as the traps get bigger…Nepenthes maxima “tentena” x (veitchii x platychila). The platy influence is showing strong.
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Upper vs. lower pitchers on Nepenthes alata “Flames of Apo.”
The true alata always has at least some remnant of wings even in these fully mature uppers, and usually a mottled pattern rather than solid or blushed.
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Variation in Nepenthes Rokko “Exotica” x palawanensis. Uniform coloration and thick peristomes seem to be standard.
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Am I finally succeeding with Nepenthes campanulata? Seems to like a pinch of shade interestingly…but that’s the best pitcher I’ve yet seen.
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