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I've been told by Crystal who has a few still, mines so far unique. That's why I'm contemplating registering it as a cultivar, but want to see a few more pics before I do. Haven't seen any yet. I hear tropics was the originator of the seeds. Does he get on much??
Yes the seed did come from Tropics, I had a bunch too. All mine were traded, sold or given away so hopefully there are some still out there. From what I remember none had the peristome stay that way once the got older so you may have a unique one. The whole batch had a lot of variety from plant to plant.
Here are some photos of mine, which I obtained as splendiana x (veitchii x Tiveyi), also from tropics via Crystal:
A pitcher with fairly average peristome:
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/13156322614_04abcbe6d8.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="N. splendiana x (veitchii x Tiveyi)">
The back of another with less reflexion:
<img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/13156169153_fcbddc4414.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="N. splendiana x (veitchii x Tiveyi)">
The peristome did not reflex much on this third one, but still not as exaggerated as yours:
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/13156035865_e2ebbae7f2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="N. splendiana x (veitchii x Tiveyi)">
Whole plant, about 22 inches / 56 cm wide, with Rokko sitting on it and lowii x campanulata in the background:
<img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2680/13156036305_765bc82f70.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="N. splendiana x (veitchii x Tiveyi)">
Yours is looking awesome too. I'm about to have to take mine out of the terrarium. Its starting to put on some size and is elongating. I think I see vining soon.
Yes, those crosses would be different, but I suspect we have the same cross. I believe the male plant Tropics had in his possession was veitchii x x Tiveyi. See this old giveaway thread here:
I haven't been able to find any mention of Tropics having a ((veitchii x maxima) x veitchii). Interestingly, that is the completely opposite ordering of parents in the plant that he did seem to have.
It will be exciting to see what your uppers look like!
I stand corrected: After digging up the sales thread from which I bought my plants, I found that it was originally listed as splendiana x ((veitchii x maxima) x veitchii). I also dug through Tropics' Flickr photostream and found that he had both (veitchii x maxima) x veitchii AND veitchii x (maxima x veitchii). Given this information, I will correct my tags to splendiana x ((veitchii x maxima) x veitchii).
Getting too big for the terrarium!! Now pitcher on the wall. Still no reflection in the peri. Transplant to a larger pot And more outside once the temps at good and see what this baby does under the sun!
JB, any update on your plant? Here are a couple photos of mine, taken just a couple weeks ago. It's growing in a 6" / 15cm pot. It's bloomed male. Doesn't seem to want to make true upper pitchers, no prehensile tendrils. It's proven to be an easy, resilient windowsill plant.
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