New video out!
This week's plant highlight bonus is a species that is highly sought after by many, for the massive unique peristome the uppers possess! I seem to have gotten quite lucky with mine as each successive trap just keeps getting a broader and broader lip, but watch the video to see why it's not only delightful to grow, but why I'm surprised it isn't already more common.
Find the vid here: https://youtu.be/135MeJrVjjY

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Repotted and trimmed tonight, Nepenthes x splendiana x (eymae x ephippiata).
This is one case where I definitely like the lowers more than the uppers; seems like the mother plant took over the upper shape quite heavily. With any luck those trimmed bits root and I’ll have a couple in a few months to offer.
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A bit of tooth: first, Nepenthes diatas, a Sumatran species that should get more attention than it does for its deep red traps and stripey toothy peristome. Tooth density and length rivals villosa even, though the rib size doesn’t.
And then two close relatives, both awaiting a repot here: N. hamata and nigra.
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Nepenthes northiana is a legendary plant both for size and color; unfortunately, it also tends to be picky (mine hasn’t changed sizes in quite a while, though partly my fault). Hybrids though, are a way of harnessing those looks and sizes while having something a lot easier to deal with…and these two might be among the best. northiana x veitchii “Candy Dreams” has all the stripes, all the pink, and all the vigor, and northiana x truncata, has started showing that characteristic stretched mouth and ruffled peristome while also promising the giant proportions of the father added in.
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Sarracenia “Lunch Box” x ‘Waccamaw’ displaying the exact sorts of traits one wants from such a cross. Traps open solid light red outside and yellow inside, ruffled lid and a pale throat blotch, then over time darken to just one solid maroon color. Still young, but the slender forms of the pitchers suggest it’s going to get large.
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The slow-changing color on my SG lowland Nepenthes truncata; it’ll finish out with an almost solid bronze peristome.
Not the biggest trap it’s made, but at almost 11 inches it’s close.
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They’re tiny now, but hold so much potential…I only had two seedlings of Sarracenia flava maxima x psittacina okefenokeensis (ie. x crispata) sprout when I made the cross, and they got moved outside this spring. One is the obvious vigorous one, and bright lemon yellow to boot so it should be wild looking when mature.
The other though…caught my attention even more, because though small, it’s got leaves that are ghostly pale cream instead. If it survives, it will undoubtedly be the weirdest looking plant in the pool.
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A future giant in the making: Nepenthes rajah x attenboroughii. Only just reaching the size where traits of both parents can really be seen, but right now it’s also demonstrating that while most carnivores can skate by without feeding much…many will absolutely grow better and faster with proper fertilizing. Those two new leaves were after a small osmocote pellet was thrown in a trap, and they’re significantly bigger than the previous ones. So’s the newest pitcher.
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New video out!
This week's plant spotlight is on one of the most veriable species in the genus Nepenthes: N. maxima! There's a size and color form for everyone with this one, and with such a massive range in habitats and elevations it's a pretty easy one too!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/_hSv5kurSjM

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The new king of the pool…
I don’t know what triggered the sudden massive jump, but this Sarracenia leucophylla x alata “nigropurpurea” has suddenly developed the tallest trap in the entire pool…and it’s still growing. My hands are around 7 inches long and it’s almost 3 hands tall already.
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