Hi guys,
So I purchased a N. robcantleyi some time ago from Poland. This retailer is listed as a retailer from BE, so you'd expect this to be the real thing.
However when the plant arrived I thought it didn't look like I was expecting for a robcantleyi. Now I heard from some other people that this company has shipped wrong species before. But in these cases the label for the plant was different as wel. In my case the plant was labeled as robcantleyi.
So I want to ask the opinion of other people who have robcantleyis if my plant is the real deal or a possible hybrid of some sorts.
This is how the plant looked when it arrived:
and here is a picture of the plant as it is today (the old pitcher is buried beneath sphagnum):
a few pictures of the pitcher while opening:
while coloring up:
and as it is today:
Can anyone shed some light on this matter? Perhaps if somebody has read the complete article with the species description and can give me the specific characteristics (preferably with illustrations) so I can check. On this website some characteristics are mentioned but they are not very specific: http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.fr/2011/12/nepenthes-robcantleyi-aka-nepenthes.html
So I purchased a N. robcantleyi some time ago from Poland. This retailer is listed as a retailer from BE, so you'd expect this to be the real thing.
However when the plant arrived I thought it didn't look like I was expecting for a robcantleyi. Now I heard from some other people that this company has shipped wrong species before. But in these cases the label for the plant was different as wel. In my case the plant was labeled as robcantleyi.
So I want to ask the opinion of other people who have robcantleyis if my plant is the real deal or a possible hybrid of some sorts.
This is how the plant looked when it arrived:
and here is a picture of the plant as it is today (the old pitcher is buried beneath sphagnum):
a few pictures of the pitcher while opening:
while coloring up:
and as it is today:
Can anyone shed some light on this matter? Perhaps if somebody has read the complete article with the species description and can give me the specific characteristics (preferably with illustrations) so I can check. On this website some characteristics are mentioned but they are not very specific: http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.fr/2011/12/nepenthes-robcantleyi-aka-nepenthes.html