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Must see wild neps

Hi guys

Still i cant upload all the pictures i've token just yet.....So here are just a few i manage to upload......And BTW its my first time:-O seeing wild neps face to face...I would like to thank those members willingly to take a kid like me out:-)) (even though they're not from this forum hehe

Mist coming in when we just came out from the car
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First sight of macfarlanei from a distant
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Cute little guy here
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Hmm what is this hybrid of ramispina?
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Quite large pitcher of this N ramispina
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And a black one...Well maybe not that dark
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Hybrid? I can't see oh well after i post it i should be able to see
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An elongated looking N macfarlanei
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And the orange mossy thing which i guess all of us took a picture of it..Sad my camera can't zoom..
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Hey look at this shy mac..
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Some mosses
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And one of the biggest macfarlanei..More to come..As i guess this pics were just taken at the beggining
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Ken
 
Cool trip, those pictures are great. That red moss is interesting, did you get a closer look at it?
 
Wow, what an awesome experience to have. It would be simply amazing to get to see neps in their natural environment. Thanks for sharing with us!
 
Amazing, truly amazing. I'm jealous. But, next year, I'll be going to Borneo, so I hope to be able to get out and have a look around and track down some cool plants and take some amazing shots. Thank you for sharing.
 
Hi guys

Thanks for the kind comments....For the red moss i can see some of them on the floor but are spread out throuhly unlike the on in the pic...According to them its just orange sphagnum moss which they are just soo beautiful...

Ken
 
Wow! Great stuff Ken!

That ramispina hybrid looks like it's mixed with N. macfarlanei to me. Neat plant. I'm officially jealous now.

Capslock
 
Wow! Must've been a fun trip! I'm jealous. The first and second hybrids have ramispina in them, you can tell by the leaf color and shape.
 
I love seeing the natural variation of wild plants. It makes you realize that the clones we have in cultivation are really only a small sample of whats out there.
 
Wow, those are awesome. I would love to see some wild neps. I'm hoping to get a chance to find some wild sarrs on our drive across the US.
 
  • #10
wow i'm jealous, where were these taken?
 
  • #11
Great pics. Love those dark pitchers. It's interesting that so many pitchers in the wild are full of water, despite the lid. It seems that the lid isn't too effective.
 
  • #12
Hi guys

Glad u liked it......
Here are more from the 1st site
Hybrid?
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Upper of mac i guess
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Sphagnum moss
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A nice mac pitcher
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Wild orchid
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Ram x mac?
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Scenary shot
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Nice reddish mac grown under a LOT of shade
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Okays here comes pic from the second site..
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Members i went with
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Sang weird peristrome
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Yellowish sang
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A bunch of them
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HUGE SANG longer then my head!!
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And again the bunch
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Well thats all from me guys hope you enjoyed them as much as i did..

Ken
 
  • #13
Great pics‼

AND, you'll notice that the wild Neps have blotchy and spotted leaves. Just like ours that are in cultivation. I still think that this is part of a Nep's leafs life-cycle.

It would be interesting too, to see what the soil contents are of those Neps growing from that small hillside.
 
  • #14
Hi Fryster

Umm i have no idea what is in the content but well.....Moss rarely appears on the 2nd site...But those which grew on the pathway was on a very open and dry mix i guess...Why cause its mostly just rocks...And one of the member said that during the dry seasons where water is scarce it will probally die off....

Ken
 
  • #15
Their plant ( meaning the leaves) are so small, but the pitchers are huggee.
 
  • #16
It's interesting that so many pitchers in the wild are full of water, despite the lid. It seems that the lid isn't too effective.

a lid only works if the rain comes straight down.....any wind and it moves at an angle and the lids loose their effectiveness......

Their plant ( meaning the leaves) are so small, but the pitchers are huggee.

with some species this has to do with the amount of light they get.....if out in the open and getting tons of light than they dont need the huge leaves......
 
  • #17
Great pics man, makes me jealous for sure. Hopefully I will get to Borneo or at least southeast Asia this year sometime.

It's strange, Macfars in the wild look so awesome, yet every one I've seen in cultivation cant even begin to match in awesomeness. Maybe I've just seen all the wrong plants...
 
  • #18
BTW anyone know what the green plant in the background is?

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  • #19
Those sanguineas are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing. :)
 
  • #20
Not sure what the green plant is, but I do know that it grows pretty rampantly in Southeast Alaskan bogs. So it's probably a very adaptable and widespread genus of plants whatever it is.
 
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