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Post by dvg on Jul 23, 2012 14:40:17 GMT -5
An opening pitcher from this N. veitchii seedling, 25 months out from seed. Upon arrival, i first thought this next plant was a basal from my N. veitchii HL x eymae, but upon further inspection, i found it had its own root system and wasn't attached to the other plant. As it turns out it was another N. veitchii x eymae seedgrown plant...a stowaway surprise in my EP order. dvg
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Post by lloyd on Jul 23, 2012 15:40:19 GMT -5
The inside of the pitcher is really wild looking.
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Post by dvg on Jul 23, 2012 17:23:08 GMT -5
The inside of the pitcher is really wild looking. Funny you should mention that Lloyd. It's hard not to wonder to what purpose all of that elaborate patterning actually serves the plant. With the amount of information that can be stored and then decoded from a simple black and white barcode, one can only wonder how much more info could be conveyed with multi-colored, randomly patterned and shaped blocks. Maybe through an insect's compound eyes, these patterned blocks, once processed by the bug's hard-wired program, translate into a bug's equivalent of a flashing neon sign, announcing the daily menu at Bug's Diner. Just wonder if they would complain because their soup-of-the-day came with a fly in it... ;D Maybe this idea isn't so far-fetched. Check out this Barcode Generator link. www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.phpAnd this seemingly random block pattern QR Generator in black and white actually encodes messages...very cool! www.barcodesinc.com/generator/qr/Here is the QR code for Bug's Diner. Maybe those Nepenthes are onto something. dvg
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Post by nwflytrap on Jul 23, 2012 20:59:18 GMT -5
That's cool. The pattern reminds me of the digital camo pattern on my buddy's military issue hat.
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Post by shoggoths on Jul 23, 2012 21:23:45 GMT -5
Hey hey hey, very weird indeed.
This plant has really beautiful colors.
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Post by H2O on Jul 23, 2012 22:44:58 GMT -5
That N. veitchii is going to be a showstopper once it mature!
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Post by peatmoss on Jul 24, 2012 8:26:31 GMT -5
Hehe, plant QR codes... Nice!
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Post by dvg on Jul 24, 2012 14:02:37 GMT -5
Thanks guys! That N. veitchii is going to be a showstopper once it mature! I sure hope so Justin! ;D Hehe, plant QR codes... Nice! hehe, well sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. dvg
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Post by dvg on Jun 26, 2013 14:58:24 GMT -5
Noticed last week that my N. veitchii HL x eymae was opening the lid on a newly formed pitcher. Note the filamentous appendage attached to the underside of the lid. This pitcher also has an appendage on the underside of the lid, near its base, just above the peristome. These appendages are coming through because of the eymae father's influence in this hybrid. N. maxima and N. klossi also sport these appendages under their lids. dvg
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Post by 31drew31 on Jun 26, 2013 16:42:26 GMT -5
Definitely a little veitchii influence in this plants peristome! Much more so than I would have thought from the first photos you posted.
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Post by dvg on Jun 27, 2013 15:54:10 GMT -5
Definitely a little veitchii influence in this plants peristome! Much more so than I would have thought from the first photos you posted. Thanks Drew. The immature pitchers are usually long and narrow with little peristome, to begin with. And the lower pitchers of N. eymae are sometimes confused for N. veitchii, even though the uppers of each are distinctly different. Looking forward to seeing what the uppers on this plant are like. dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 11, 2013 15:06:18 GMT -5
A pic from earlier today of the above N. veitchii x eymae pitcher, just about done and getting ready to fade off to black. dvg
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Post by dvg on May 6, 2014 14:23:10 GMT -5
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Post by H2O on May 6, 2014 18:24:19 GMT -5
Looking great Doug, I like the bed of Tillies.
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Post by carnivoure12 on May 10, 2014 16:44:36 GMT -5
This plant is coming along nicely, lots of stripes!
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