Wonderfully Surprising Highlanders and Intermediates from the Collection

Nepenthes spathulata x (talangensis x spectabilis)

Wow! This Nepenthes spathulata x (talangensis x spectabilis)'s newest pitcher is four times as large as the last one and it has such brilliant coloration! Seriously. Before, this plant was ugly. Now, it's amazing! I'm really happy that I hung onto it given its new development.

Nepenthes spectabilis x hamata

Speaking of great development, my seed-grown Nepenthes spectabilis x hamata is doing wonderfully as well. When I received it, I anticipated that it would slowly chug along, not really doing well but slowly gaining speed. That hasn't been the case at all. This plant has put out some really wonderful pitchers over a few months.

Nepenthes spectabilis x hamata

The coloration is fantastic, too. There is a lot of hamata influence in the pitcher shape, but the pitcher color is almost all spectabilis. It's a great combination that I think will be even better as this plant matures.

Nepenthes tentaculata

Another plants that I have to write about today is my Nepentehs tentaculata. When I received this plant, it was only as large as the smaller pitcher you see above. It also completely lacked pitchers. Over the course of only a couple months it has grown in leaps and bounds.

Nepenthes tentaculata

Although it's still confined to a 2.5" pot, this plant is doing really well. I'm very pleased with its growth - more than doubling in size - and I look forward to continued growth. I'm also pleased that it looks like it will develop nice, dark pitchers. Of course, I'll have to wait for definite confirmation of that fact.

Nepenthes (ventricosa x spectabilis) x tenuis

The last plant that I have to mention is this Nepenthes (ventricosa x spectabilis) x tenuis. It's a Paul Barden creation that has fairly unusual pitchers compared to the rest of the plants in my collection. It has been doing quite well and I hope that it will begin vining soon.

Nepenthes (ventricosa x spectabilis) x tenuis

I like how small the pitchers are right now. I anticipate that they will grow larger, soon, but N. tenuis has very small pitchers, meaning they should not get too much larger than they are now. We shall see. Hope summer is resulting in as much wonderfully surprising growth for all of you.