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Post by mikuláš on Jun 30, 2013 3:10:13 GMT -10
The contrast between the eustachyas is striking, in shape, color, & size -- I could easily see another species debate brewing... That bokorensis clone is nice. When it blooms, perhaps it's time to make Rokko Leilani? The Whisper clone is uncommonly...perfect Lowii, among others, looks very good. Now if it would just bloom for you. I'd say that your mira is easily the best specimen in cultivation. Do I see a splendiana x mira in the future?
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Post by mikuláš on Jun 23, 2013 12:51:01 GMT -10
"Great plants, Sam!" is almost starting to sound cliche But here goes anyway I think the eustachya is stunning -- even though we don't see the whole plant, I imagine the plant's presentation is striking, with dark stems & mid veins terminating in very bright, light pitchers. A very uncommon contrast. A plant like that does not need a big, flashy peristome. Burgandy is simply beautiful, and an interesting combination of features from the parents. I can't think of any species lowers that have quite that shape. Uppers should be a treat! Nile is a winner. And so is Princess Mashed Potatoes, albeit in a different race...
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Post by mikuláš on Jun 18, 2013 9:26:37 GMT -10
The last two clearly share rafflesiana as a parent, but are they both merrilliana x rafflesiana? The Melvino looks really good. It's comforting to know there's another exceptional clone out there, safe from disaster The first pics of your second posting look like a candy-striped splendiana. A Kohala clone, perhaps? Meteor is likewise becoming a beauty. It'd be interesting to do a comparison with clipeata x (clipeata x eymae) one day.
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Post by mikuláš on Jun 9, 2013 0:36:26 GMT -10
I had never seen uppers of N. Red Skelton before -- it is as unusual as rumored.
The Porsolana looks fantastic. Great color, great shape. The uppers will no doubt be similarly amazing. Is it more vigorous than species burbidgeae?
The mouth shape, angle, & mouth-to-body proportions of Safari remind me, albeit loosely, of Ruby Alice. Not as magnificent, of course.
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Post by mikuláš on Jun 2, 2013 12:54:05 GMT -10
After looking at these photos again, I was really struck by the delicate white/pink coloration of N. Caesarion. I don't think there are many plants that make such delicately-colored lowers, and I would gander that it's actually more difficult to breed a plant with this coloration than it is to breed a plant with unusually dark lowers. One can identify parents to use when breeding for dark pitchers (ramispina, lingulata, Eclipse, etc.), but what can you use to breed for light pink with a pale peristome?
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Post by mikuláš on May 29, 2013 0:44:08 GMT -10
I think christianjames hits most of the pertinent questions. Given that they were probably "sown" at the same time, it is interesting that in-vitro didn't result in a significantly larger plant. The color difference is also notable. Having seen photos of the seedling houses, I doubt the light levels were too high for the hard-grown seedling, but that still doesn't allow us to discern whether the darker green of the ex-vitro plant is due to more nitrogen or lower light.
Since neither plant is large enough for sale, I don't think size is a factor in preferring one method over the other. Rather, the relevant factors will probably be hardiness and scalability. If the ex-vitro plant is a clone that was mass-produced, then it offers certain advantages for mass marketing. If it is not, then perhaps the question is whether one method gets better germination rates than the other.
In any case, it's interesting to finally see a side-by-side comparison of the results of both methods.
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Post by mikuláš on May 27, 2013 2:11:50 GMT -10
Great photos, Chris. I liked the Night Song -- the purplish blush on the pitcher in addition to the maxima-like mottling give it a very richly-colored look. By contrast, I also like the pigment-free Riddler pitcher. Does it darken with age, or is it always that green? Purple Haze continues to be beautiful. I'll be curious to see if the color continues when it produces uppers. But even if not, it's an exceptionally beautiful plant. And what a lovely eymae x ephippiata
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 29, 2013 13:18:11 GMT -10
Thanks, guys. Here's the final installment, with what I refer to as the "tall plants": While they're not particularly exciting crosses, these are the plants that do well for me indoors in temperate suburbia
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 29, 2013 13:15:45 GMT -10
Beautiful as always, Keith. The N. Silence is showing a lot of nice striping, no doubt from the spectabilis parent. The lavicola looks to be gaining size, too.
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 27, 2013 6:32:02 GMT -10
I like the looks of that vial, Sam...
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 26, 2013 9:51:03 GMT -10
I second dvg -- the lowii & ephippiata look great, to say nothing of the jacquelineae. How big is the vine on the jacq?
And it's good to see that Loihi is still around, too.
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 17, 2013 9:44:29 GMT -10
I've made my first attempt at my own Youtube videos. I make no claims to expertise or style, but I think the plants are worth a look.
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 17, 2013 9:36:55 GMT -10
Interestingly, the second veitchii hybrid has very truncated leaves, even though there is no truncata in its parentage...Though all three veitchii hybrids are very nice, I really like the third one -- it looks like a completely pink-bodied veitchii.
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Post by mikuláš on Apr 11, 2013 14:39:29 GMT -10
Gorgeous plants as always, Keith. Good to see you back on the forum!
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Post by mikuláš on Mar 31, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -10
I thought this might be worth the update: the newest 6" / 15 cm pitcher, quite a jump in size from the previous pitchers: And just for fun, the "black eymae": eymae x (izumiae x' jacquelineae), same age, but not quite as large yet:
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