I have just completed the first pass on polinating the N. aristolochoides x thorelii X Miranda (maxima x northiana x maxima). There are about 10-12 flowers which have had their stigmas dusted, there is clearly much more pollen than needed by the tiny female flowers of the aristo x thor plant. at least it seems so. I will do another pass in a day or so as advised by Trent (thanks again man!). I have another dozen flowers or so which can be pollinated in a few days with different pollen so I may also do fusca (Tambunan road) x aristolochioides x thorelii, I'm not sure that would make a very interesting plant seeing as the pitchers are rather similar in shape/pattern.
Since I had cut off three male Miranda flowers I thought I would show you what a twin flower stalk from N. miranda looks like. Unfortunatley the polka dot pattern on the sepals didn't come through on the reduction in file size...
Edit: I forgot, I made a quick sketch last night at work of what I hope the hybrid will look like featuring the best attributes of each parent.
Since I had cut off three male Miranda flowers I thought I would show you what a twin flower stalk from N. miranda looks like. Unfortunatley the polka dot pattern on the sepals didn't come through on the reduction in file size...
Edit: I forgot, I made a quick sketch last night at work of what I hope the hybrid will look like featuring the best attributes of each parent.