N. truncata

[nepenthes gracilis]

I'll have loads of pollen soon, so if you want some for a cross let me know and I'll send some for your lucky gal.

 

[pond boy]

Nice pic of a rather ugly flower!

 

[Spectabilis73]

Oh, what the Nep forum has become! its a online dating service for nepenthes now!

I will ahve a ventricosa in flwoer soon. Lets hope its a female. A ventricosa x truncata would look pretty cool...

 

[Joachim Danz]

Hi Dustin,

how about the smell of dead mice in your GH? Three weeks ago I met a friend at a local meeting who had cut off his N. truncata male flower due to this ugly smell.

Cheers Joachim

 

[Dyflam]

That pic kinda looks like four hands pressed together.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Hey Joachim, actually I've been waiting for the smell that is supposedly quite unpleasable. Nothing yet...of course only 3 flowers are open, another 70 to go! lol

 

[Tony Paroubek]

Probably won't smell much until the sepals reflex and the pollen ripens.. that's when the plant is most interested in attracting attention

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Is that a bad thing? Good thing I'm not a female grower!

 

[hamata]

I posted in the trading forum. I don't know whether my rokko is M or F, but if it is a female, I would love to have little N. x rokko x truncatas. That is, if you still have pollen and want to give some more away.

Regards,
JA

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Hamata, so far I only have 1 request for pollen. I have loads more to go around. Only thing I DO request when I send pollen to someone who does a cross is that I get 50% of the seeds, since I donated 50% of the genetic information. But yes, i would be more than happy to send some pollen if you would like to attempt a cross, providing your rokko is female.

 

[hamata]

That would be great. As soon as I know, I will let you know if I want some pollen the moment I determine the sex of my nep. N x rokko x truncata would be a pretty nice plant.

Anyways, just curious, what is the biggest pitcher you've had on your truncata? Mine is just starting to put out monster pitchers (1 foot after a 7 inch pitcher on the second to last leaf.)

Thanks,

JA

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Biggest pitchers were produced briefly in late late summer as the plant had adapted to the greenhouse and it made around 1 foot tall pitchers. This year should be stunning since its been in the greenhouse about 1 year now.