Very pretty pitcher. However it isn't pure N. alata. Any other information on it??
No, just said N. alata spotted. Dang, now I feel bad because I don't know what it is.
I looked on Google Images and I can't find any exactly like it. I guess whatever it's crossed with was white with pink splotches...
It is likely that the nursery where you purchased it could supply more pedigree info.
Keep us posted! Would be interested to find out more. Very pretty. The leaves look like some sort of N. maxima something in the background too. You said there were others? Did they look different?
Well N. maxima has many forms and not all of them make a big flaired peristome. Those that do won't show it as a young plant either. That trait also may or may not come through in a hybrid. So there are many factors involved. I was kind of going on the leaves and some of the pitcher traits in thinking it has some N. maxima somewhere in it. The kind of short petiole, blocky shape leaves as well as the spotting and the little point in the front center of the peristome is typical for a maxima/tiveyi type hybrid. Looks like there might be a slight projection forming under the front of the lid too? Look forward to see how it changes and develops as it matures.
Let me rephrase.. It is not N. maxima or N. tiveyi either. I was using them as an example of what MIGHT have been crossed with N. alata to produce the plant you have. I do think it is a N. alata hybrid. Odds are you will never know more than that. I just didn't want you to call it something it isn't and perhaps in the future send cuttings off to others with incorrect information also. Perhaps when it gets more mature and produce larger lower pitchers and eventually upper pitchers it might give a clearer idea of the parentage but for now I would simply call it N. alata hybrid.
Beautiful plant pineapple.
Very nice Pineapple, I love seeing pictures with all of the plants growing together like that.