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Emesis

 
Looking at the photos, it is most likely a hybrid, N. 'Miranda'.
the exact parentage is proprietary information, but a very likely guess would be (maxima x 'Mixta'). N. 'Mixta' is a Victorian hybrid: (maxima x northiana). N. 'Miranda is an easy grower under intermdiate to lowland conditions.

Trent
 
looks like the on i have that was labeled 'Miranda'. did the pitcher just open? mines lip looked like that on newly opened traps but would turn a nice blood red after a few days under the bright lights. i split mine on monday and sent the smaller half to Snowyfalcon. hopefully ill either get my pics scanned or Snowy will get his plant so i can get a second opinion on what it is.

Rattler
 
Thanks everyone for their input. I wasn't sure if it was a N. "Miranda" as the pitchers on my plant didn't seem as pale (or dull) as this picture (I think also has been used for N. "Gentle",

http://www.battlezinc.com/pictures/nmiranda2.jpg

and the wings weren't as dense as this picture.

http://a2.cpimg.com/image/18/74/13447192-07ab-028001E0-.jpg

The pitchers probably were opened for a few days already when I took the pictures. The pitcher are a little darker than shown on the pictures, but not completely blood red.
 
I would take a picture and post it, Rattler_MT, but the pitcher is starting to turn brown from the top down. It's no longer "Presentable"!
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SF
 
PRESENTABLE?!?!?!?! you should have seen it back in November when i got it. poor thing had been severly neglected, granted that ment i picked it up cheap. it didnt have a single pitcher on it, man was i surprised when it put out one of those big traps a month later. i did post a pic up in the Nepenthes Forum, well a link to the pic anyways. good luck with it.

Rattler_MT
 
trashcan,

Thanks for the link. That's the best Miranda "catalog" picture that I have seen for it. Unfortunately, I can't tell if the wings are very "hairy" as the 2nd bottom-most pitcher is blurry.

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rattler_mt,

I wasn't able to locate the picture via the search engine.

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SF,

I promise I won't tell that it's your plant if you do post a picture of it.
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