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Hello guys,

Me and Anthro went to the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden (Netherlands) today to visit the carnivorous plants collection, which turned out to be only worth visiting for the Nepenthes genus (our intention anyway) because the Sarracenia / Drosera (the size of pygmies even though they weren’t) and others were very standard.

But they have quite a large amount of Nepenthes in their greenhouses. Although I must say we expected a bit more of the collection. (Some people saying it’s the best one in Europe, etc...)
Mainly because most of the Neps weren’t that big as we had hoped, with one exception though: a huuuge Northiana in the non-public part (which we snuck in anyways
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We had a great time and took 23 photos for you to enjoy so sit back and relax.

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Starting with the small Northiana which stood in the public area:
In our opinion the prettiest pitcher of the smaller ones.
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The small and subtle Albomarginata with its distinctive white collar:
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Ampullaria:
While viewing this lovely plant it didn’t took Anthro long to make up his mind whether he will or will not add this plant to his future lowland terrarium.
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Whoever said that Bicalcarata was the most vicious carnivorous plant in existence wasn’t referring to this fangless sissy:
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Two pictures of beautiful lower pitchers of an Eymae. Too bad no wineglass shaped upper pitchers though.
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We never heard of a Faizaliana before. But it looks great.
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Nothing special but looking good nonetheless
Fusca:
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They had a lot of these little fella’s: Macfarlanei
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This pretty big Merrilliana was quite happy with all the ants on it’s peristome getting drunk just waiting to plunge into the abyss (with a little evil help of Anthro >;-D ).
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Hi
Just had a browse at them on cpuk and i must say that they still look fantastic
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Bye for now julian
 
As promised 4 pictures of the huge Northiana. It had like 5 of these enormous monsters which were aprox 35 cm in length. It almost gave Anthro a heart-attack. ^_^
Wow... Just wow...
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With flash:
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With flash:
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Can’t say I adore this Pilosa but if it was v. ugly we wouldn’t have photographed it.
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Rafflesianas! And loads of them! Quite a lot of different types too.
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Two little brothers with another wannabe pitcher leaf crying out for attention:
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Reinwardtiana... <insert something here>
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Interesting pitcher shape.
Sanguinea
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The bottom of the lid of this Stenophylla looks marvelous. (Not really seen on the photo though)
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Cool hybrid, Truncata x Ventricosa.
And one of the biggest pitchers around.
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A Veitchii without a peristome is like a Hamata without teeth. Luckily it isn’t without:
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Last but certainly not least, one of the cutest pitchers we had seen:
Vogelii! Although small it can match the beauty of the Northiana.
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We sure did enjoy visiting the Hortus Botanicus, we hope you also liked the little virtual trip.

Anthro & Phyrex.
 
Anthro and Phyrex, those are stunning photos! What a truly amazing collection...
 
Oh man! Great pics of gerat plants! That bicalc is a hybrid, you can tell with the mottling and the hairs on the tendril, since pure N. bicalcaratas are glaborous all around.
You lucky fellas!! Now that's eye candy in the form of Neps for ya! Thanks for sharing!!

Amori
 
OMG that nothiana is just the thing I needed to see to cheer me up right now
 
Well, thanks for sharing those wonderful pics. I especially like those humongous northiana pitchers...oh what the hell, maybe I should just hop in my car and take the 10+ hour drive there to see them myself!
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Stefan
 
amazing northiana...hardly ever get to see a good picture that does the wonder that is northiana justice
 
  • #10
Whoa! Those are amazing! I LOVE the N. vogelii, too! What t great little pitcher! Also, you guys took really great photos. Thanks for posting them!

Capslock
 
  • #11
N O R T H I A N A!
Great pics guys, thanks for sharing! The northiana alone was worth the trip!
 
  • #12
Simply amazing....

im speechless
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im gonna add northiana to my wishlist...
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Very nice pictures, guys
 
  • #13
Wonderful pics! Isn`t Faizaliana a synonym for stenophylla?
 
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Wowey wow WOW!

Sweet pictures! I LOVE the vogelii.
 
  • #16
Very nice. I loved the ants on so many pitchers, in the position one would really hope for them to be.
 
  • #17
[b said:
Quote[/b] (pond boy @ Oct. 17 2004,5:08)]Wonderful pics! Isn`t Faizaliana a synonym for stenophylla?
Pondboy - No..

Great pics. I can't even imagine what you must have been hoping for. That is probably the largest collection of mature Nepenthes I have seen in a long while..

What was the diameter of the N. northiana plant? Must have been a monster!
 
  • #18
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Isn`t Faizaliana a synonym for stenophylla?

Tony, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't stenophylla the new name for fallax?
 
  • #19
N. fallax and stenophylla have been going back and forth for a long time. My understanding is that they are one in the same and that N. stenophylla is the correct name to use.

T
 
  • #20
The northiana is fantastic. Like Tony mentioned, a mature plant. Note that the pitchers are uppers! How big is that monster?
The humidity in the greenhouse must be very high at all times to get the plant up to that size....it leaves me shaking my head in amazement.

Trent
 
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