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Nepenthes robcantleyi (formerly known as Black Truncata)

  • #421
Mine hasn't actually unrolled it's first leaf in 3 weeks lol. Only the tendril has come out of the mother leaf. Some plants have taken a month to acclimate and even do anything to be fair and I did just toss it outside in near-full sun.
 
  • #422
chris i find the robc will take 2 or 3 months to unfurl a leaf and develop a new pitcher ,so don't hold your breath buddy;)
 
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  • #423
chris i find the robc will take 2 or 3 months to unfurla leaf and develop a new pitcher ,so don't hold your breath buddy;)

+1: this is a very slow species. Slow-like-lowii slow.
 
  • #424
Slow, but after 2 years, mine has grown from a 5" diameter seedling to this, which ain't bad:
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  • #425
That's looking pretty darn black.
 
  • #427
Yeah, it looks prettier than the dark red variant that is most often seen I think.

Most of the dark red pitchers you've seen are likely brand new and have not yet aged to their full color. This pitcher was red about a month ago:
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  • #428
great looking plant Paul,it may be slow but still has the ability to double in size in about three leaves
 
  • #429
This was one of the pitcher casualties during the move. I figured I'll post where it belongs.

 
  • #430
I always wanted to get a seed grown N. truncata QoH x KoS BE-3307 and I am grateful to Mr. J. Brown for letting me have not only one but two seed grown N. truncata ( robcantleyi) BE-3307. The plants are small, because they got too cold and almost died, this are the few that survived. They are from a shipment on October of 2011. This is what he told me. The growth pattern of each plants are so different. One has a long tendril before the pitcher forms with very small leaf. The other has short tendrils with large pitchers. Anyway I am happy.

Ramon:D

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  • #431
Tendrils kinda annoy me sometimes, because they can be longer than the plant is tall for young plants sometimes, gosh it makes potting a pain.
 
  • #432
Tendrils kinda annoy me sometimes, because they can be longer than the plant is tall for young plants sometimes, gosh it makes potting a pain.

I know!

Ramon:D
 
  • #433
Last months pitcher starting to colour up
 
  • #434
Beautiful, Corky. Finally we're seeing some plants that are approaching quasi-adulthood.
I sure wish we could rename this thread, considering its now-erroneous title.
 
  • #435
Cheers Paul ,funnily enough I was thinking the same thing,
 
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  • #438
What do you want it renamed to?

xvart.

Well, this species is now recognized as distinct from truncata - its N. robcantleyi, which has little (if anything) to do with truncata. To continue to discuss these plants as N. "black truncata" is just propagating misinformation.
 
  • #439
Well, this species is now recognized as distinct from truncata - its N. robcantleyi, which has little (if anything) to do with truncata. To continue to discuss these plants as N. "black truncata" is just propagating misinformation.
Yeah, I'm saying I can change the name of the thread if you all want. I just need to know what specifically... N. robcontleyi babies?

xvart.
 
  • #440
How about...

Nepenthes robcantleyi (formerly known as Black Truncata)
 
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