N. clipeata hybrids: Part I
Jun 7, 2012 0:08:51 GMT -10
Post by leilani on Jun 7, 2012 0:08:51 GMT -10
A while back I was fortunate enough to have one of my N. clipeata (Wistuba Clone 2) flower. To my knowledge this was the first flowering of this clone and it proved to be male. With the precarious conservation status of this species I was, of course, very interested in the possibility of finding a female and attempting to make species seed. Unfortunately, after an international search for prospective females I was only able to locate two and neither were in flower. Not being able to find a female in flower was a huge disappointment but I was still afforded the rare opportunity to make some new N. clipeata hybrids and this, naturally, led me to research the history of N. clipeata hybridization.
The history of N. clipeata in cultivation makes for an interesting story in itself but, since it has been told elsewhere and I only had opportunity to make hybrids, I will not retell it here. Instead, if you are interested, you can find some basic N. clipeata information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_clipeata and a bit of the story of N. clipeata and the N. clipeata x eymae confusion at Joel's site www.nepenthesaroundthehouse.com/nclip.htm.
The first of the N. clipeata hybrids would be the nat. hybrids.
N. albormarginata x clipeata
C. Clarke records this nat. hybrid in his Nepenthes of Borneo. Unfortunately, I don't think I've ever seen a picture or heard of anyone having this in cultivation.
N. clipeata x reinwardtiana
Also recorded by C. Clarke in Nepenthes of Borneo. I don't know when or who harvested this plant from the wild but N. clipeata x reinwardtiana has quietly been circulating in collections around the world for many years now. It is a vigorous clone with obvious characteristic of both parents and can produce very large pitchers.
N. clipeata x rafflesiana
This plant was recorded by Phillips, Lamb and Lee in Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Again, I have no idea how or when this nat. hybrid made it into cultivation but it too has been around for many years. I was able to acquire a couple of these some years ago and, although they are a bit troublesome to grow as compared to other N. clipeata hybrids, have found it to be a very interesting plant.
As far as I can tell, the three hybrids listed above are the only know nat. hybrids with N. clipeata. So, and it starts to get fun here, let's move on to talk about horticultural hybrids.
N. clipeata x eymae
Making for a good story, the first of our hort. hybrids is a mystery plant. Once marketed and thought to be N. clipeata this plant is now pretty much accepted to be a accidental hybrid combination of N. clipeata and N. eymae. The story, or at least parts of the story can be found in various posts around the Web. Joel's website (nepsaroundthehouse) retells a bit of this tale here: www.nepenthesaroundthehouse.com/nclip.htm .
N. clipeata x (clipeata x eymae)
Another mystery plant. I have never really been sure if this plant exists or if, what I have seen labeled as such, was just mis-labeled. If, it does exist then, it would seem likely to have originated at the same nursery that produced N. clipeata x eymae only at some subsequent date. It seem that I read somewhere that N. clipeata x (clipeata x eymae) and N. clipeata x ventricosa both came out of Germany at some date, at least 4 or 5 years after the germination of the mystery N. clipeata x eymae.
N. clipeata x ventricosa
This excellent hybrid, like those mentioned above, can be found in many collections in the U.S. and around the world. I have seen it attributed to Exotica Plants but have never heard of Exotica having a confirmed female N. clipeata ( Geoff, are you reading this?). I had assumed that this hybrid probably originated in Germany with a later crossing of the same plant that produced N. clipeata x eymae but do not know this as fact. If, anyone can fill in this story then, please do.
This would pretty much complete the list of N. clipeata hybrids you are likely to see in collection around the world. But, what you might not know is that in Japan in the mid-1990 two different breeder had opportunity to make N. clipeata hybrids. I don't know if these two gentlemen were privy to the same female N. clipeata or if they had different plants to work with.
Our first breeder is named Yesuhide Nakagawa and is recorded as having produced five different N. clipeata hybrids …..
N. clipeata x truncata
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x veitchii ( … sometimes recorded as N. veitchii x clipeata)
i82.photobucket.com/albums/j265/Joelk06/ClipeataxVeitchii1.jpg
N. clipeata x bicalcarata
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x ampullaria
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x Benkei (ventricosa x bellii)
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
A second breeder, a contemporary of Nakagawa, named Yasuuobo Komatsu is recorded as having produced …
N. clipeata xx Minami
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
Still another recorded N. clipeata hybrid appears in the records of the JIPS website. I have been unable to determine the breeder but we have a picture.
N. clipeata x maxima
I am not sure if this is the same plant that appears on several German and French websites listed most often as N. clipeata x maxima ( .. as N. clipeata x burkei on one French site) and given the hybrid name N. x debberrti. In the ICPS database Jan gives the following listing:
N: ~[Nepenthes debbertii {Hort.Westphal}]
P: Carniv.Bestandsl.:3 (1991)
S: =[[Nepenthes clipeata {Danser}] * [Nepenthes maxima {Reinw. ex Nees}]]
C: nom.nud., priority for parentage
Making for even more fun and confusion, one German website lists another mystery N. clipeata hybrid also attributed to Westphal (1997).
N. x cliperelii [N. clipeata x thorelii]
Who knows what the N. thorelii in this cross really was?
Best of all, believe it or not, BobZ's photofinder lists a mysterious single picture ( .. without further details) of what claims to be …..
N. clipeata x edwardsiana
Now, a couple of the hybrids listed above have been around enough to grow to maturity and be bred themselves.
N. clipeata x (clipeata x veitchii)
I have not been able to any further mention of this plant.
N. ventricosa x (ventricosa x clipeata)
Pretty clearly this listing is a mistake. I have only ever seen one example (posted on this forum by our old friend Hans). It would be interesting to know if, in fact, these are pictures of a N. ventricosa x (clipeata x ventricosa) and if so, where it came from.
(Maybe Hans will read this and fill us in on the history and details of this plant?)
N. (northiana x veitchii) x (clipeata x eymae)
Recently brett0 entered this N. clipeata hybrid in one of our contests. Hopefully, he can tell us where it comes from.
The history of N. clipeata in cultivation makes for an interesting story in itself but, since it has been told elsewhere and I only had opportunity to make hybrids, I will not retell it here. Instead, if you are interested, you can find some basic N. clipeata information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_clipeata and a bit of the story of N. clipeata and the N. clipeata x eymae confusion at Joel's site www.nepenthesaroundthehouse.com/nclip.htm.
The first of the N. clipeata hybrids would be the nat. hybrids.
N. albormarginata x clipeata
C. Clarke records this nat. hybrid in his Nepenthes of Borneo. Unfortunately, I don't think I've ever seen a picture or heard of anyone having this in cultivation.
N. clipeata x reinwardtiana
Also recorded by C. Clarke in Nepenthes of Borneo. I don't know when or who harvested this plant from the wild but N. clipeata x reinwardtiana has quietly been circulating in collections around the world for many years now. It is a vigorous clone with obvious characteristic of both parents and can produce very large pitchers.
N. clipeata x rafflesiana
This plant was recorded by Phillips, Lamb and Lee in Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Again, I have no idea how or when this nat. hybrid made it into cultivation but it too has been around for many years. I was able to acquire a couple of these some years ago and, although they are a bit troublesome to grow as compared to other N. clipeata hybrids, have found it to be a very interesting plant.
As far as I can tell, the three hybrids listed above are the only know nat. hybrids with N. clipeata. So, and it starts to get fun here, let's move on to talk about horticultural hybrids.
N. clipeata x eymae
Making for a good story, the first of our hort. hybrids is a mystery plant. Once marketed and thought to be N. clipeata this plant is now pretty much accepted to be a accidental hybrid combination of N. clipeata and N. eymae. The story, or at least parts of the story can be found in various posts around the Web. Joel's website (nepsaroundthehouse) retells a bit of this tale here: www.nepenthesaroundthehouse.com/nclip.htm .
N. clipeata x (clipeata x eymae)
Another mystery plant. I have never really been sure if this plant exists or if, what I have seen labeled as such, was just mis-labeled. If, it does exist then, it would seem likely to have originated at the same nursery that produced N. clipeata x eymae only at some subsequent date. It seem that I read somewhere that N. clipeata x (clipeata x eymae) and N. clipeata x ventricosa both came out of Germany at some date, at least 4 or 5 years after the germination of the mystery N. clipeata x eymae.
N. clipeata x ventricosa
This excellent hybrid, like those mentioned above, can be found in many collections in the U.S. and around the world. I have seen it attributed to Exotica Plants but have never heard of Exotica having a confirmed female N. clipeata ( Geoff, are you reading this?). I had assumed that this hybrid probably originated in Germany with a later crossing of the same plant that produced N. clipeata x eymae but do not know this as fact. If, anyone can fill in this story then, please do.
This would pretty much complete the list of N. clipeata hybrids you are likely to see in collection around the world. But, what you might not know is that in Japan in the mid-1990 two different breeder had opportunity to make N. clipeata hybrids. I don't know if these two gentlemen were privy to the same female N. clipeata or if they had different plants to work with.
Our first breeder is named Yesuhide Nakagawa and is recorded as having produced five different N. clipeata hybrids …..
N. clipeata x truncata
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x veitchii ( … sometimes recorded as N. veitchii x clipeata)
i82.photobucket.com/albums/j265/Joelk06/ClipeataxVeitchii1.jpg
N. clipeata x bicalcarata
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x ampullaria
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
N. clipeata x Benkei (ventricosa x bellii)
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
A second breeder, a contemporary of Nakagawa, named Yasuuobo Komatsu is recorded as having produced …
N. clipeata xx Minami
I have not been able to find a picture or further mention of this plant.
Still another recorded N. clipeata hybrid appears in the records of the JIPS website. I have been unable to determine the breeder but we have a picture.
N. clipeata x maxima
I am not sure if this is the same plant that appears on several German and French websites listed most often as N. clipeata x maxima ( .. as N. clipeata x burkei on one French site) and given the hybrid name N. x debberrti. In the ICPS database Jan gives the following listing:
N: ~[Nepenthes debbertii {Hort.Westphal}]
P: Carniv.Bestandsl.:3 (1991)
S: =[[Nepenthes clipeata {Danser}] * [Nepenthes maxima {Reinw. ex Nees}]]
C: nom.nud., priority for parentage
Making for even more fun and confusion, one German website lists another mystery N. clipeata hybrid also attributed to Westphal (1997).
N. x cliperelii [N. clipeata x thorelii]
Who knows what the N. thorelii in this cross really was?
Best of all, believe it or not, BobZ's photofinder lists a mysterious single picture ( .. without further details) of what claims to be …..
N. clipeata x edwardsiana
Now, a couple of the hybrids listed above have been around enough to grow to maturity and be bred themselves.
N. clipeata x (clipeata x veitchii)
I have not been able to any further mention of this plant.
N. ventricosa x (ventricosa x clipeata)
Pretty clearly this listing is a mistake. I have only ever seen one example (posted on this forum by our old friend Hans). It would be interesting to know if, in fact, these are pictures of a N. ventricosa x (clipeata x ventricosa) and if so, where it came from.
(Maybe Hans will read this and fill us in on the history and details of this plant?)
N. (northiana x veitchii) x (clipeata x eymae)
Recently brett0 entered this N. clipeata hybrid in one of our contests. Hopefully, he can tell us where it comes from.