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Hi Everyone,
With the cool nights of winter many of our plants are showing winter colors.  Pitchers are darker and more intense in color compared to their summer counterparts.

Here are a few example pics Michelle shot today in the greenhouse.
N. mirabilis echinostoma normally during the summer these are red like a coccinea, but in winter they are almost black.
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Fancy hybrid seedlings are showing rich colors too. Here's N. thorelii x trusmadiensis- can't wait to see this baby all grown up.
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Here are 3 different seedlings of N. thorelii x truncata

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This is one of our N. (northiana x veitchii) x Tiveyi.  The spotting on the pitcher is more intense in winter.  Some seedlings have red maxima/northiana-like spotting, while this seedling has more orange/coral/pink overtones.  
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Our gold/green N. veitchii lowland looks the same in both summer and winter.
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Enjoy the pics.

Trent and Michelle
 
Nice pictures guys! All the plants I got from you are doing excellent. Can't wait to make it down your way again. Hopefully my N. veitchii will look like that soon.
-Nick Z.
 
Wow! Those're some very nice crosses you have there. Thanks for sharing your pics.
 
Mmm... Nothing like pics of Nep pitchers on [very] early Sunday morning. I agree with the effect temperature has on colour.
Thanks for sharing Trent!

Cheers
Amori
 
Beautiful stuff Trent!
 
I love the coral overtones on that N. (northiana x veitchii) x Tiveyi! Just amazing...
 
Hi Trent
Great pictures as ever,your collection is very nice
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Bye for now julian
 
Very lovely Trent and Michelle! Cool nights? How about 45F?
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Thanks everyone.

Dustin, we keep the temp above 50 degrees F, but more typically the night temps are 58 to 64 degrees F. Our plants have seen 45 a few times, but only for a few hours. The night temp may drop down to the low 50's once a week or so.
Both the highland and lowland Neps show better color with cool nights.
 
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