KPG's Nepenthes

[killerplantsguy]

I guess I'll take the plunge and start an ongoing thread.

Starting with some "hanataphilia":

N. hamata "undisclosed site B"

N. hamata BE-158 (N. singalana on the right)

N. hamata Wistuba clone 3

New pitcher on N. Hamata RH

Plus, a recently opened pitcher on N. macrophylla BE

Cheers,
KPG

 

[mylesG]

loving them all especially the red hairy. looks a bit like a villosa crossed with hamata!

are they squatter than regular hamata pitchers or is it just the angle of the shot misleading me?

cheers

 

[mattmiller]

Great photos! Love the pitcher body to opening ratio on macrophylla.

 

[Plant Planter]

Nepenthes hamata can get pretty bristle-covered! Great plants there!
Just a hybrid that popped in my head: Nepenthes hamata x rafflesiana.

 

[EntHerptology]

Nepenthes hamata can get pretty bristle-covered! Great plants there!
Just a hybrid that popped in my head: Nepenthes hamata x rafflesiana.

Here's a link to the only photo I could find of one:
http://www.cpphotofinder.com/nepenthes-x-rafflesiana-x-hamata-5655.html

The plant leans too much towards the N. rafflesiana parentage for my taste.

Kenny

 

[killerplantsguy]

loving them all especially the red hairy. looks a bit like a villosa crossed with hamata!

are they squatter than regular hamata pitchers or is it just the angle of the shot misleading me?

cheers

Yes, those I have seen tend to be a bit more squat, and quite a bit smaller than a "typical" Nepenthes hamata. The RH hamatas are striking, but I enjoy
the other hamata more. Much easier to grow, and the pitchers are more striking, to my eye.
KPG

 

[vraev]

Spectacular plants KPG. Man! I love all of them. I miss my hamata. lol

 

[mass]

oh wow.. Gorgeous plants!

 

[killerplantsguy]

Thank you for the kind comments!

Holding a nice pair:

Cheers,
KPG

 

[EntHerptology]

Oh wow! Just spectacular colors!

Good Growing,
Kenny

 

[killerplantsguy]

Couple of early evening shots...

Lots of nectar on this N. macrophylla peristome (sorry I didn't clean the dust)

One you might not see too often - N. lowii x aristolochioides

Cheers,
KPG

 

[hcarlton]

Cool plants both. I'm a sucker for toothies (especially as I don't have any yet), but that lowii x aristo is fascinatingly unusual!

 

[Ambanja]

feel free to post a photo of that Macrophylla every day!!!

 

[vdub804]

Amazing looking toothies you have there!!! Which macrophylla clone is that?

 

[killerplantsguy]

Amazing looking toothies you have there!!! Which macrophylla clone is that?

That's a seed raised plant from BE -- purchased through Tony quite a few years ago.

 

[vdub804]

very nice indeed, I haven't seen a macro pitcher that looked that nice in quit awhile. congrats!!!

 

[ElectrCarnvrs]

Amazing!! Thanks for posting

 

[killerplantsguy]

Playing with the point-and-shoot ...

Three clones of the N. Sabre tc plants (EP):

I'm sure you all recognize this guy:

Cheers,
KPG

 

[Whimgrinder]

Love the N. Sabre's. I have one as well, but mine is more red at the start, and gets really deep garnet red with age. I wonder if mine is the same as one of yours? I have no idea how many clones there are out there, do you?

 

[killerplantsguy]

Love the N. Sabre's. I have one as well, but mine is more red at the start, and gets really deep garnet red with age. I wonder if mine is the same as one of yours? I have no idea how many clones there are out there, do you?

When EP released the "Sabre" plants (tc) the vendor I got them from believed there were four varieties. At the time, EP would not disclose the parentage. Later, they described N. xSabre as the grex namei N. vetricosa x xtrusmadiensis, on Sam's grex registry. The original release of N. ventricosa x xtrusmadiensis seedlings mean a much greater number of individual clones out there. When EP listed cuttings of Sabre (a), (b), & (c), I wondered if they were from the original seedlings or the tc plants. I don't know if that was ever revealed.

Your plant could well be the same as one of mine. As you know, environment affects color, plus ambient light makes a big difference as well. The first two plants were photographed out of doors, and the rather harsh sunlight gives the colors a "washed out" appearance.

Just for fun, I dug out one of my old photos of one of the N. ventricosa x TM seedlings:

Cheers,
KPG