An unboxing picture thred

[nepenthesmatt]

I got a nepenthes briggsiana var Peter D'amato in the mail today and it is absolutally stunning! here are some pictures of the unboxing!

first the knife (my brothers he has no idea that I used it muhahaha)

next the box it is bigger then I thought it was going to be!

cutting the box

opening the box

the packing peanuts under the layer of shaved newspaper

and now the moment of truth the plant!

laying peacefully on its bed of packing peanuts

a closeup of the trap!

thanks for looking I post updates when its new trap opens


Matt

 

[Clue]

Can I have a cutting? J/K (Kinda...)

Dog!

 

[blokeman]

Lowii x ventricosa?

 

[nepenthesmatt]

oh yeah the dog was compleatly confused why I was acting so crazy lol! yup lowii x ventricosa!

 

[carnivoure12]

Yes bloke, what a showstopper.

 

[petmantis]

Very very nice! the color's amazing on that pitcher!

 

[nepenthesmatt]

I know the color is amazing! And when it eventually flowers I'm going to cross it with my nepenthes truncata lol!

 

[glider14]

nice! 'Peter DAmato' is female too!

Alex

 

[SirKristoff]

briggsiana is ventricosa x lowii, the reverse of that grex. and peter d' amato is a cultivar of briggsiana

lucky SOB you, that is gorgeous man...

 

[Capensis]

Amazing. Even your dog was in awe...