Dave Evans
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Post by Dave Evans on Sept 23, 2008 18:27:53 GMT -10
This plant originates from Thailand as "N. thorelii red tiger". It is from seed of a species native to Thailand. I'm not sure what it is, but it seems rather similar to N. kampotiana in that it is virtually hairless and has leaves with the same shape. I'll post some photographs of it here later on.
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Post by Marcello Catalano on Nov 15, 2008 8:29:20 GMT -10
Dave, can we see some details from this plant...you know which details I need ...
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Dave Evans
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Post by Dave Evans on Nov 5, 2009 9:19:15 GMT -10
I believe this species is most likely N. kampotiana. Here are some older photos: While they look normal above ground, these seedlings grow a tuberous stolon below ground. Fully half of the plant is under the soil suface! No photos of the stolon, however. In this photo, check out the plant in the left corner. I had been with holding a normal amount of water, keeping the soil drier than Nepenthes like it for about six weeks. Then I keep the soil at normal moisture levels for about five weeks before taking these two photos: Below is the subject, shot from the reverse angle from the photo above. See the smaller branch, or rosette? During time I was withholding water, the plant made one smaller leaf, then it stopped growing and then it aborted the growing point. At this point, I set the pot back in the water tray. Within five weeks the plant started growing again, from under ground (from the tuberous stolon) and the new rosette is much larger than the rosettes of the plants which didn't go dormant. It seems, different individuals within the species can handle different levels of dryness before having to go dormant. Or the trait doesn't full manifest in all individuals--some may not go dormant in dry conditions, but instead die. Here are shots of the other plants which went dormant and awoke much larger: And here we see this plant has gone back to sleep: When it started growing again, it did so from the dormant bud right at the top of the stem, almost like a bush starting to grow in the spring.
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Post by Marcello Catalano on Nov 27, 2009 5:33:57 GMT -10
hey man! Everything makes me think that this is N. sp. Surat from Tha Chanà . You should check the base of the leaf and see if you find very small hair around the border of the leaf right there, at its base. I would prefer not to say much more right now, but we can go on privately Seeing the adult, big plant would help. Asking the seller about the location would help too, but I guess you tried already with that
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