Nepenthes pics

[christerb]

Hi,

Here are some photos of some of my neps, mostly young plants.

First off some N. rafflesiana:







Thai species - N. globosa a.k.a. "viking", and N. chang.



Couple of promising complex hybrids - N. ("thorellii" x trusmadiensis) x veitchii, and N. (veitchii x lowii) x spectabilis.



N. truncata x ephippiata, and N. gracilis "dark"



N. tomoriana, and N. truncata "black" which is now is believed to be a species, N. robcantleyi.



N. attenboroughii



and finally, N. adnata flowers.



Regards,

Christer

[31drew31]

Great looking plants Christer!

Do you have a female in flower for that nep?

[christerb]

Thanks Andrew,

Nope, I have no females in flower right now. Earlier attempts to find a female N. adnata elsewhere has not been successful, so this time I didn't even try to search for one. It has quite a small inflorescence, and doesn't produce much pollen. However, this plant is quite floriferous, and a vigorous grower too.

Regards,

Christer

[H20]

Christer your plants are looking amazing, I've been following the N. robcantleyi thread religiously since it started and I've been very interested in seeing what Rob says over the next few weeks, although Geoff has been a little malicious in some of his posts. All of your Neps look amazing, I didn't realize you grew so many. I'll have to post some pictures in return.

[christerb]

Thanks Justin!

Yes, lets hope it cools down. I was a bit surprised about Geoff questioning the origin of this plant, since older post in this subject is quite clear how they came into cultivation. I am equally surprised that Rob didn't address this as well, and not just the allegation part. It could be confusing for new forum members which haven't read the older topics in this matter.

Regards,

Christer

[H20]

Well the conversation over there did cool down a little but Geoff still seems set on calling it out as a hybrid. I personally think it should stay as a new species for now but only time will tell.

[jamesh]

Your N. attenboroughii looks great. I have seen one other of this species and they seem to be very fussy and slow growing. How is yours to keep. The rest of your plants look great.

[christerb]

Thanks!

It is slow growing indeed, but I wouldn't call it fussy. When it hasn't agreed with something in my growing conditions, it has still bounced back without any problems, when this has been corrected. When they were younger I was a bit worried to re-pot them, but that never caused any problems.

Regards,

Christer