I'd be proud if I was you...[b said:Quote[/b] (rattler_mt @ Aug. 29 2006,4:44)]for some reason, i seem to have the oldest one around, not sure why since they are all seed grown according to Rob. its kinda frustrating when 80% of the pics on BobZ's site are of my plant and all the others are of much younger plants
[b said:Quote[/b] ]i believe the last time i asked you about this hybrid a year or so ago
you
stated that all were seed grown with none in TC. i have a follow up
question, did you plant the seed over time? ive been looking for
pictures of
others of this hybrid to check out what differences there are between
siblings but all seem to be of much younger plants than mine. anyways,
i
really like this hybrid, its very vigorous and seems to be almost as
hardy
as the x Ventrata and even more so than the bongso that are gowing next
to
it. to bad it didnt make it into TC, this thing could have taken the
place
of 'Miranda' as far as hardy, showy beginners Neps.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Fantastic plant Sheridan.
No, the seeds were all sown at the same time (both N. jac and N.
izumiae)
but in two different ways. The first hybrids available came from N. jac
seedlings in the nursery that showed early vigor and were mostly sold
in
error as N. jac. We have another larger crop that are much smaller in
size -
some too small to be quite sure that they are hybrids yet. The reason
they
are way behind the larger plants in circulation has to do with the
methods
we use to get plants in-vitro. We initially sowed hundreds of jars of
N. jac
seed, usually many seeds per jar. We then randomly selected 48
individuals
of varying vigor to multiply up and kept the other seedlings back in
the lab
in case of contamination of any of the selected 48 clones, so we could
have
a replacements if needed. Only when the 48 clones were well into the
multiplication stage did we plant out the spares in the nursery. By
that
time they are much behind the original nursery grown seed as they have
been
rather neglected in the lab by not being reflasked as often as they
should
for optimal growth. It's these plants that form the second wave of
hybrids.
Although they were germinated in-vitro they do not count as tissue
cultured
plants IMO as they are all individual clones and were never multiplied.
It's too early to know if any of the 48 clones will turn out to be this
stunning hybrid. I have one plant in my collection that looks just like
yours except that we have just cut it in two and the pitcher is near
jet
black, as black as any Nepenthes I have ever seen.