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Name that Nepenthes

Hi Everyone

I got this Nepenthes from Leilani Hapu'u Nepenthes Nursery in Hawaii but have since lost the tag -- any guesses ? The colors in the pictures are pretty accurate Thanks

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It seems to be a miranda but if it came from Leilani it could be a remake or a fancy complex hybrid.
 
To me, it screams miranda as well.
 
Also looks like 'Miranda' to me. But Hawaii has lots of complex hybrids that look like that. Maybe a shot of the leaf would help?
 
That's a N. 'Miranda', no doubt about it!
 
Sam hasnt made any remakes or anythign like that. Its a miranda, simple.
 
Yeah, an N. miranda. Just like mine!
 
Thanks to everyone who replied. I think we can close this out as a Miranda. What confused me is that I have another Nepenthes that is also labeled miranda, which looks like this picture. So why are there two very different plants with the same name ?
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  • #10
Those are the lower pitchers, the pitchers that a plant will produce when it is younger. They look very different from upper pitchers which your plant has.
 
  • #11
As mr Truncata said, they are upper pitchers on the first photo.
Nepenthes are vines, lower pitchers are more dramatically colored and suited for catching insects near the ground, upper pitchers are meant for catching airborn insects, and some others like ants still get caught blah blah blah...
Youll notice in the tendril of the upper pitchers, that they usually make a loop or some strange bends etc etc...
When the plant is vining, these tendrils wrap around a stick/vine or any other form of support that they can before inflating the pitcher at the end...
 
  • #12
Thanks to everyone who answered.

I do know that Nepenthes produce upper and lower pitchers. It is interesting that the plant that produces the upper pitcher is smaller and much more vine like as well as having smaller more 'delicate leaves' while the plant producing the lower pitchers is very large, with many basal shoots, and large waxy leaves. I guess that Sam took the cutting from a plant that had grown tall enough to create upper pitchers and the plant kept those characteristics

SirKristoff: Thanks for the information about the tendrils and such -- that makes perfect sense

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