Revisiting some older pictures

[leilani]

I have been going over my photobucket account and sorting out various pictures. In the process of sorting I have come across a number of old favorites (.. many already appear somewhere else on this site) that seem worth posting again.

I really liked this set of close ups of N. inermis with a few flying insects. The last picture focuses on the tiny peristome. You cannot see them in this picture, the lighting had to be perfect in order to detect them at all, but this pitcher also had "eye-spots"









A favorite shot of N. muluensis with a visitor .....



The huge keal found on a very large N. eymae lower pitcher .....







A giant N. gymnamphora pitcher .....



A N. alata "boschiana mimic" with an abundance of pitchers .....





A N. rafflesiana lower pitcher with huge "camo" wings ....



I have many more pictures to sort so I will keep this thread open and add to it as I go along.

[nreinwardtiana]

I love your muluensis, it's very rustic looking. It's a shame the pitchers don't get very large on this species.

[vraev]

Freaking awsome pitchers Sam. WOW!! I love that inermis and muluensis. Wow!!

[leilani]

N. Puna 'Black Sands'



N. veitchii xx Tiveyi



N. Pulelehua siblings



N. mirabilis, echinostoma







N. fusca



N. tentaculata 'joker'



N. veitchii





N. sibuyanensis xx trusmadiensis

[pygo]

thank you thank you thank you and thank you for these amazing pictures

[shawnintland]

Give me a minute to get the popcorn and then roll more of these all night Sam! That 'Black Sands' reminds me of when one of the members used a marker pen to paint a pitcher black and posted it...but yours looks like Nature's perfection. And that N. veitchii xx Tiveyi would've made a great test for your black backgrounds! What a combination of outrageous form and perfect colors! Okay, roooooooooooooooooooll 'em!
;>)

[plantman]

Sam,
That N. puna "black sands" is amazing!! I found it so interesting to see close ups of the N. inermis. The peristome is almost none existent, and the species seems to have developed nectar glands on the inner pitcher wall. Very interesting....

[leilani]

N. mira on a stick ....



N. veitchii ... and N. bellii



N. mirabillis, echinostoma .... again



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N. lavacola freak seed pods ....









N. bellii



N. maxima



N. singalana





N. dubia



A fat N. spectabilis x veitchii

[dvg]

It's a real treat to see some of these oldies, but goodies, Leilani.

Your N. alata is splendid with it's proliferation of pitchers.

And the large sized keel/uvula on the N. eymae is awesome!

dvg

[leilani]

Thank you dvg.

I've never heard it called a "uvula" before.

Better than "keal" I think. Keeping with the mouth analogy.

[dvg]

Jun 25, 2011 16:40:30 GMT -10 leilani said:

Thank you dvg.

I've never heard it called a "uvula" before.

Better than "keal" I think. Keeping with the mouth analogy.

Haha, it did kinda conjure up that image in my mind...



...and was no doubt large enough for a few piercings of it's own...



dvg

[vraev]

Spectacular Sam....Just spectacular. Thanks a lot for posting those pics. wow!! I can't get over how amazing your veitchii are. I am also absolutely floored by your 'black sands'. DAMN!! Thats one wicked looking pitcher.