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My most aggressive grower is N. maxima dark x talangensis.
I'm not sure you'll find a plant that's both fast and has huge pitchers. The large-pitchered species are often also the slowest. Truncata can appear to be fast if you have many growing points.
Some of the more 'weedy' Sumatran species can grow relatively rapidly. N. inermis has grown pretty quickly for me, but the most spectacular species are going to be the slowest growing.
Also Vent x ephippiata, a very rapid grower, the internodes are tight, but it makes up for it with leaf span and speed, 2 metres in 2 years and quite a few 6/7 inch pitchers
In my conditions (windowsill in winter - low humidity and room temps, balcony in summer - high humidity and high temps) and out of about 31 species, Maxima (tentena) is the quickest for me. Miranda and Ventrata come close but Maxima is much faster.
Maxima and Spectabilis hybrids usually produce large pitchers and grow fast, but honestly you'll want to keep most small-medium starters for at least a year before they produce any noteworthy pitchers. I would buy the biggest plants you can afford if you're trying to get there faster.
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