Exotic Plants & Animals

This neat little hybrid has the general shape of the cool growing Nepenthes thorelii x aristolochioides hybrid but smaller a bit more red and a heat lover which is strange for anything involving N. aristolochoides. But because of the Nepenthes belii genes this plant doesn’t like cool Highland conditions much at all. I have one division growing in HL very slowly but the ones in Lowland conditions grow much swifter. Continue reading →

At first glance this plant seems similar to Nepenthes mirabillis var globosa AKA Nepenthes viking but with white/pink flushed pitchers instead of deep red however upon receipt of a new shipment of plants which included an N. mirabillis var. globosa I can see that this Trang Bizarre form doesn’t have any hairs on the leaf margins as seen on the other two forms of N. mirabillis I have. Continue reading →

Nepenthes Fyodor is a nursery hybrid between Nepenthes gymnamphora x dubia created by Sam Estes of Hawaii. I am intrigued to find out what the uppers will look like, if they wind up imparted with the dubia shape and gymnaphora patterning I will be happy. Currently the pitchers open up light in color but age to a very nice deep yellow with red pattern. Continue reading →

Nepenthes jamban belongs to the “toilet bowl” shaped species, mine is young yet having had to be restarted from dormant nodes of a young plant who had succumbed to root rot about six months ago because I left the plant potted in the media it had arrived in. I generally never grow in other peoples media but I left this one and sure enough the roots died and I ended up having to start over. The positive spin is that I now have several small N. jambans  from that one vine instead of just the one. Continue reading →

Clone #1

Clone #2

One of the more coveted of Nepenthes species, I was lucky enough to acquire two seed grown individuals from Botanique Nursery (seedlings no longer available). SG #2 seems to be a much faster grower than SG#1, perhaps this indicates SG#1 is a female (I can only hope). Continue reading →