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Post by Noa_F on Jun 23, 2013 17:45:46 GMT -10
That N. Burgandy looks great, although it is interesting that it has such strong mottling. I wouldn't have guessed it by the parentage!
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Post by Domgravine06 on Jun 24, 2013 13:08:08 GMT -10
wow!!! Looooove the N. Burgandy! perfect name too!
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Post by leilani on Jun 26, 2013 22:29:02 GMT -10
mikuláš 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. I have tried to take pictures of the entire plant but, as it has grown straight up, its hard to get it all into the picture. Believe it or not, it actually reminds me of growing N. sumatrana in a number of ways. While we are on the subject, here is a picture of the rather different N. eustachya from Borneo Exotics. No where near as large in proportions as the one from Exotica, this one is scrambling alone a fence structure. here are some (out-of-focus) comparison shots ..... another shot of my favorite N. eustachya nat. hybrid ... N. bokorensis is "all over the place" with its pitchers. Here is a sibling of the plant show earlier in this thread. N. rowanaeN. Abere NN5230103N. (clipeata x ventricosa) x merrillianaSome more shots of a very fat N. Whisper HCMM0508 ... N. Terpsichore NN5071049N. singalana x clipeataNoa ... That N. Burgandy looks great, although it is interesting that it has such strong mottling. I wouldn't have guessed it by the parentage! It is a very strange looking pitcher but it is a very strange combination of plants. What would ventricosa, lowii, merrilliana and truncata in equal proportions look like?
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Post by leilani on Jun 28, 2013 20:36:37 GMT -10
N. jacquelineaeN. lowiiN. mira
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Post by christianjames on Jun 29, 2013 8:53:16 GMT -10
Those Jacs look like a very fun pitcher, and I love the deep purple that your Lowii gets! The tendrils on Mira are crazy long, needs a nice big bed of sphagnum to rest the pitchers on...
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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 ep on Jun 30, 2013 14:15:18 GMT -10
Hi All. Been a while since we posted here but we are always in the background. Sam, just looking at your pics on this thread and there are some nice ones here and all growing well A couple of things though. I am intrigued with that Pasian truncata! It has wings and some decurrency in its tendril. Can you post some close ups of the leaf and leaf tip? Also the eustachya from us looks like our eustachya x thorelii(bokorensis?) and pretty sure BE's is eustachya x reinwardtiana. Just one more, , your N.Burgundy looks like it has maxima or similar in it. Do you have a maxima x TM? Hope this is helpful. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by leilani on Jul 2, 2013 20:21:13 GMT -10
Hi Geoff, Here are a few pictures of the truncata .... If, you recognize the "eustachya" as one of your hybrids it would go a long way toward explaining its giant size. I had never heard of that one. I have two of them and they are both the same. I may have gotten these from rainforest. They were both tagged as "N. eustachya EP" . Got a picture somewhere? I looked around but could not find one. BE's eustachya looks about right to me but here are a couple more pictures in case you want to bust his balls. The pink eustachya nat. hybrid earlier in this thread is supposed to be eustachya x' reinwardtiana. I also have this nat. hybrid supposed to be eustachya x' albomarginata. I think Burgandy was from one of those gregs where you only get a few. It looked odd as a seedling, got potted up, set aside and forgotten. It may be a sole survivor (technically not qualified for a grex name .... we will have that conversation in the future). It was only the odd pitchers that drew may attention. I do have one of your maxima x TM but it has seen better days and it never flowered for me. The combination of (ventricosa x lowii) x (merrilliana x truncata) is strange no matter how I picture it. I have two specimens of (ventricosa x lowii) x maxima, a hybrid from D'Amato, and it does have some similarities I see ventricosa and lowii corseting what wants to be a much bigger pitcher. I am anxious to see what it does next. I like the way the peristome splits into little 'ears' at the top. I wanted to ask you about the two very nice rafflesiana x merrilliana pictured earlier in this post. From two different gregs? Different mothers, same father?
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Post by leilani on Jul 11, 2013 15:51:59 GMT -10
Geoff ..... The plants are tagged "N. eustachya (e)" but they are not your original tags. Again, I've looked around but can not find any pictures.
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