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Macfarlanei or an hybrid?

  • #21
There is a lot of variety among sanguinea and many of them have red peristomes.
 
  • #22
<span style='color:teal'>Thanks for the info, Steve!</span>
 
  • #23
Here's mine about to pitcher:
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  • #24
<span style='color:teal'>Well... that is a long tendril!
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  • #25
Here is N. macfarlanei (?) I'm growing.  The white hairs under the lid aren't too apparent in this photo - shallow depth of field.  
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KPG
 
  • #26
<span style='color:teal'>Ohh that is a beautiful mac pitcher!!! I do see the white hairs.... Has it been dificult for you to cultivate it?

Cheers!</span>
 
  • #27
It's been a slow to medium grower, so far.  Had it about a year.
 
  • #28
<span style='color:teal-'>I see! Thanks for the reply and info!

Congratulations on your plant!</span>
 
  • #29
Here's the latest pitcher on my hybrid with a bigger one starting to open. Looking pretty good, and I almost traded this one away.
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  • #30
<span style='color:teal'>Great pitcher Steve! I hope mine will start to look like yours soon! How big is that pitchers?</span>
 
  • #31
A little smaller than this one
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A like the long curvy mouth with a hint of the moustache. I hope the technical jargon doesn't confuse you too much.
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  • #32
Here is a picture of my N. macfarlanei x (tobaica x thorelii) that recently opened:

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  • #33
Howdy, all - Sorry, have no data to add; just wanted to mention, as a fascinated bystander, that I love the pics and avidly absorb the conversational interplay. And, as a totally uncredentialed neophyte, I understand the desire to get a genuine example of the pure species; but the hybrids (if properly identified) appear well worth growing in their own right.
 
  • #34
You sound like you're well on your way into Journeyman Nep'er. Stick around here and you'll be there in no time. It took me years till I started to appreciate hybrids, and sometimes it doesn't even matter if they are properly identified or not. Case in point:
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  • #35
Nice pitcher Dave S. Very colorful hybrid indeed.

Setup, good observations. While sometimes dissappointing that you get a large mix of hybrids in wild seed when looking for the species itself. The hybrids are certainly interesting and fun in their own right.

This one I am particularly fond of. The pitchers are larger than the plant and quite attractive. And has the typical hybrid trait of being easier to grow. Even though I will never be able to say exactly what it is other than a mix of N. macfarlanei and N. sanguinea and perhaps something else, I plan to propagate it for release.

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Tony
 
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