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Post by predatoryplants on Mar 18, 2013 12:20:43 GMT 7
Intermediate/upper pitcher. Verified female. This plant has an enormous leaf-span, and a frighteningly robust growth habit:   |
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Post by neplover on Mar 18, 2013 13:31:55 GMT 7
One of the best looking hybrids EVER!
I am drooling over this plant !!!!!!!
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Post by predatoryplants on Mar 20, 2013 21:54:41 GMT 7
Thanks Nep. I'll try to get some new pics of lower pitchers (they might be even more impressive!)
Anybody else growing this cross? I haven't seen it around very much and I have no idea why.
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Post by hcarlton on Mar 21, 2013 8:30:51 GMT 7
This is a spectacular plant! The dark, mottled colors are really eyecatching, especially with the frilly ribs on the peristome.
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Post by triffidbush on Mar 21, 2013 13:28:59 GMT 7
I would really like to take one home. Who sells it?
Ian
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Post by morbus on Mar 21, 2013 16:37:07 GMT 7
Hi
I posted mine the other day
whats the leaf span on yours? mine is nowhere near as big as yours yet
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Post by predatoryplants on Mar 25, 2013 0:40:34 GMT 7
Hi I posted mine the other day whats the leaf span on yours? mine is nowhere near as big as yours yet Here's a shot of the leaf-span on the current basal:  You can see the rest of the main vine running off to the left. Here's a shot of an inflating lower pitcher:  Even at this stage they are richly colored and are covered in a velvety fur. |
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Post by JB_orchidguy on Mar 25, 2013 2:29:14 GMT 7
I haven't had access to getting one of these yet. Very awesome plant! Love it.
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Post by borneo on Mar 25, 2013 11:15:51 GMT 7
This is a rare plant in cultivation actually. We raised some from seeds which all sold out some time back but we didn't put it into the lab for some reason. Perhaps we should make it again.
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Post by tonyp on Mar 26, 2013 4:49:18 GMT 7
These were available at the end of 2008 and into 2009. I had 10 at the time and I think they are all gone except for one plant which I guess I should make some cuttings from. For me they seem to be prone to that leaf blotching that N. spectabilis gives me trouble with too. This one plant even more than the rest which is why it hasn't been sold.
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Post by predatoryplants on Mar 26, 2013 12:12:06 GMT 7
This is a rare plant in cultivation actually. We raised some from seeds which all sold out some time back but we didn't put it into the lab for some reason. Perhaps we should make it again. Wow, I didn't realize this was an uncommon cross. I didn't mean for this to be a tease, but now that you've said it, Tony and I can start chopping up our plants and demanding unreasonable prices! (mature N. edwardsiana specimens also accepted.) |
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Post by borneo on Mar 26, 2013 18:12:49 GMT 7
Aha! We Do have it in the lab after all. I was wrong - am I ever wrong? yes, I know. it's rare  It was marked as absent in the main database so I assumed we hadn't put it into microprop but it turns out our primary stock was lost due to a contamination accident, not that it was never introduced at all. But we've found more jars of it in our backup gene bank which is in a different location. I'm so pleased! There are 3 clones and a total of 20 jars so it will take about a year to get into the nurseries but we'll get to it. here is clone 3:  |
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Post by morbus on Mar 26, 2013 18:26:18 GMT 7
Thanks for the pics!! Mine isnt that big. Mine got put back a bit when it was over grown by other plants and I didnt notice. well, now I know whats in store for me here's mine  |
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Post by predatoryplants on Mar 26, 2013 21:20:19 GMT 7
Aha! We Do have it in the lab after all. I was wrong - am I ever wrong? yes, I know. it's rare Joking aside, that's really great news! This is a fantastic hybrid and it would be a shame for you to have to wait around to make the cross all over again. |
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Post by borneo on Mar 26, 2013 21:28:28 GMT 7
;D What does that mean? I really hope I'm not yet that chronologically challenged that I might have some difficulty waiting around to make another hybrid LOL! (Just kidding, I hope!)
Seriously though, it's not the difficulty in making it again, it's also that in my experience with Neps and particularly with hybrids, another attempt, even with the same parents can often produce very different results. May not be so big, or different colour or not as robust etc. Or maybe it will be better. We have made some hybrids several times in the quest for something better. Also the back cross can be rather different too.
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