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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2006 9:57:04 GMT -5
I already post this one on PFT once and share with a few member from OCPS and CCPS, but all opnion are welcome... What is the parentage of this hybrid? A answer coming frequently is that it might be N. alata x maxima... What do you think?
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Post by zac on Mar 19, 2006 10:36:48 GMT -5
Peristome seems a little light compared to the usual deep maroon of this hybrid. How old is it Tom? Might not have reached it's normal colouration.
Zac
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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2006 10:39:53 GMT -5
I just received a new cuttings of this plant that I,ve lost in the past year. The plant shown on the picture was mature ie has already flowered in cultivation for me. The plant wasn't in very strong light though: a upper shelf on my growroom in my basement, the light was at the same height, facing down...
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Post by zac on Mar 19, 2006 10:42:37 GMT -5
Then I would probably have to agre that it's "alata x maxima". The peristome does fary a little bit and that + the mild light would probably not produce the maroon peristome I'm used to. Nice plant by the way.
Zac
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Post by Flytrap on Mar 19, 2006 12:33:42 GMT -5
Definitely has maxima parentage. Just look at any upper maxima pitcher, and you'd see why.
And I'd put my money on the chances that it stemmed from the xhookeriana complex. Read up on Pete D'Amato's book "Savage Garden" on lowland Nep Hybrids. The reason why I'm fairly certain of the xhookeriana is the red vertical striations on the peristome. I've got a number of pics of this hybrid in the wild...and all the upper pitchers demonstrate this characteristic. I'm waiting for my slide scanner to arrive so I can start posting these pics onto my website.
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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2006 12:37:35 GMT -5
Can't wait to see this Flytrap!
Oh I forgot a valuable information about this plant: central vein of each leaf is usually getting a nice red hue.
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Post by martin on Apr 17, 2006 20:54:30 GMT -5
Like we already discussed, I'm pretty sure there is some alata in the parentage. It's also probably a complex hybrid.
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Post by martin on Apr 25, 2006 12:09:44 GMT -5
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