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Post by dvg on Jul 20, 2013 9:59:27 GMT -10
Some recent pics of N. truncata specimens in my collection, beginning with a Pasian variety from Wistuba.  Next up is a N. truncata (d) Red Flush from EP on the left and N. truncata Reddish Leaves from Wistuba. Both of these pitchers were each fed a deer mouse.  The 8" tall Reddish Leaves pitcher shown below, didn't fare too well at digesting the mousy-meal, first blackening in patches on the pitcher body, then turning the pitcher completely black with the exception of the wings, the space between the wings and the very bottom of the pitcher, corresponding to the pitcher's digestive zone.  Another pitcher, on the same plant as the (d) Red Flush shown above, opened and was fed a deer mouse as well.    dvg |
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Post by christianjames on Jul 20, 2013 11:29:29 GMT -10
Fantastic! Truncata is certainly The King of nepenthes in my mind!
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Post by mikuláš on Jul 21, 2013 1:11:59 GMT -10
Nice specimens, dvg. I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as truncata 'reddish leaves'. Are they very red?
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Post by christianjames on Jul 21, 2013 8:27:09 GMT -10
Nice specimens, dvg. I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as truncata 'reddish leaves'. Are they very red? There have been a number of people posting photos of Wistuba's Reddish Leaves variety on Facebook, and IMHO it's the best around! It has a real Truncata x Veitchii look to it w lots of striping on a big flaring peristome and quite a red body; maybe not typically as much as EP's (d) but still stunning. I think the reddish leaves tends to be only when they first open from what I remember of photos. |
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Post by dvg on Jul 22, 2013 11:06:19 GMT -10
Nice specimens, dvg. I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as truncata 'reddish leaves'. Are they very red? Mikulas, the pitchers tend to be rusty red in color, as with the leaves when they are first turned out. Here are some pics of the 'reddish leaves', which later change over to green.      dvg |
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