Hey Christer, was waiting to respond to you with something you might like. It seems like these MT plants take a long time to settle in.
Despite quickly approaching a foot across in diameter, I am humbled by the fact that wild N. chaniana pitchers easily get that tall
They're quite ugly when young, huh? Hopefully mature pitchers will prove out as proper echino's and make up for the limp lettuce leaves
Even my own have yet to produce anything striking, or any pitchers more than 1.5" tall....
Maybe takes some time to get started, but seeing pics of this species, it is worth the wait. I haven't been able to track one down yet.
It seems to do well for you. With some luck you will have a plant like this in a few years : )
I will probably get another chaniana to try as well. Apparently from the same location as the MT clone, but from another source. Noticed your kongkandana. I have been pondering a while now if I should get one of those, might let one tag along on the same order. It seems to take forever for this species to get published, thus making the name official.
Regards,
Christer
Thanks, I think that the Nepenthes clipeata-ish look that it has makes up for the fact that it's such a slow grower.Woah! This one is beautiful!
Plain old N. ventricosa
As far as I know, it's not a clone (not a tissue culture one, anyways); it came from a cutting in a botanical garden. Here's an upper from the mother plant. It's like a pale N. ventricosa Red more than any of the porcelain types.That is a really nice looking clone!!
Thanks. If the N. chaniana came from BE, it'll be exactly the same as they only have one clone. It's growing up to be quite a nice one though.lovely photos, i hope my chaniana ends up being that nice
Hi,
The chanianas look great (the others too). I got another chaniana from BCP, actually received several small plants. Appear healthy, and the biggest pitcher have a reddish blush. Should disappear as it grows bigger though. I finally managed to get my hands on a N. glandulifera. Also small, but I can't complain about the growth rate. Hopefully that will increase even more, when I will be able to feed the first pitcher. Too bad about the vogelli. Mine have not prospered, started to grow two side shoots. I finally cut one off, and have rooted it. I am now testing to grow the other in lower humidity, to see if that might be a solution.
Regards,
Christer
Several years ago, when I was younger and greener, I did have an AW N. hamata (now deceased ):Glad to hear N.nigra/hamata take a while to start coloring up. I was kind of worried I got a dud since my N.hamata x burkei is the same color as your nigra.