Highland and Lowland Nepenthes Updates

(lowii x veitchii) x (boschiana x campanulata)

This is a truly fantastic hybrid! It has everyone one could want from a Nepenthes - large, showy leaves, long lasting, stable, and showy pitchers. I'm very pleased with Exotic Plants' hybrids with their lowii x veitchii. Both of my hybrids with that hybrid were bought sight unseen, and have proven to be fantastic plants in my highland conditions.

(lowii x veitchii) x (boschiana x campanulata)

The pitcher on the bottom left has been open for at least two months already. It's quite the plant! (I also really like how widely the plant splays itself across the tank. Quite good at crowding the other plants in my highland tank).

Nepenthes (lowii x veitchii) x burbidgeae

My other Exotic Plants' lowii x veitchii hybrid has also produced another pitcher. I really can't wait for this one to mature. The coloration on the peristome is phenomenal!

Nepenthes stenophylla

This Nepenthes stenophylla is from a purchase I made of some random, cheap plants. I figured, "why not, it's like $10" (Or something close to that). I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the plant I received and it really likes my conditions. The pitcher above is about 6" tall, about double the size of the pitchers in the last round.

Nepenthes ventricosa x (aristolochioides x thorelii)

This little pitcher is a first for me from a plant I received in a trade. It's a complex aristolochioides hybrid. I'm not sure, exactly, why it'll look like when it becomes more mature, but it already has a charming pitcher shape.

Nepenthes gracilis "Black"

A first pitcher for me on this plant, rooted from a cutting from Hawaii, I'm pleased at the rich dark colors, even on a juvenile pitcher such as this one. I'm still waiting for the plant to really take off, but cuttings always take a few months to settle in. My guess is that I'll have a nice, albeit short, vine by summer.

Nepenthes gracilis

Finally, my precious Nepenthes gracilis with a new pitcher! I'm very excited because this plant is coming back from a near death experience. The 55-gallon tank that I had prior to the one I have now sprang a leak, causing the water in the bottom of the tank to run out and onto the ground. The next day, the heat of the light evaporated the moisture in the 2.5" pot, causing the plant to wilt. I was sure it was a goner. Fortunately, this hardy little plant has bounced back. (It even has a little basal coming up). As soon as it recovers some more, I'll be repotting it into a larger container.