Just some pictures over the weekend
 

I just had a great weekend visiting my old folks and spent almost 5 hours in a stretch repotting my Nepenthes. Managed to capture a few pictures before it was too dark to do so.

Anyway, nothing super rare like a lot of you have, but just a few of my personal favorites to share :smile::

N. sp. viking upper pitcher. I just love the curves that the ladders makes. Kinda like a squid swimming in the sea.
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N. thorelii. Pitchers are getting bigger each time I visit. This was from seeds that were given to me by Nong from Thailand.
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N. truncata with lots of ants feasting on nectar under its lid. This is a MT clone
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N. xcoccenia
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N. rafflesiana x veitchii
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Good old mirabilis "stout". Sorry, picture a little blur. It was getting dark and my mini camera had problem focusing.
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I think this is N. distillatoria
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N. gracilis "black", MT clone
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Typical N. gracilis
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N. boschiania
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A few of my N. ampullaria collection...

N. ampullaria "green"
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N. ampullaria "green speckle"
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N. ampullaria "red" from Nong of Thailand
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N. ampullaria "red giant" from Fauzi. BE clone.
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N. ampullaria "tri color"
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N. ampullaria x gracilis
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Here is one of my favourite and the species that gave me the inspiration for PP logo. This is also an MT clone.
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Wow David, love the colour of your thorelii. And boschiana looks sooo sexy. How do you manage them so well?

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Some of my N. rafflesiana collection...

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I am very proud of this plant... N. rafflesiana "beige, frill tendril". It's still a little baby and seem to grow very slowly. Perhaps after this media change it would start to grow for me. Can't wait to see how its pitchers would look like when it get bigger.
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Thanks for the compliments.

I don't really manage them. My mum help me water them and care for them. I travel there from KL every now and then during the weekends if I am not busy or working. They just love it in Taiping. The air in Taiping is very humid as the town is surrounded by hills. It also always rain there. So the neps just love it.

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How nice if I can fiddle with them every night or weekend when I get home from work. Don't mind squatting next to dirt transplanting them etc, getting my hands and feet dirty... haa, haaa...

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Lucky them, with the natural high humidity and tender loving care. I love Taiping...except the afternoon showers *biggrin2*. The colour of the beige raff is most interesting. Plus the winged tendril..that is a killer. Are you expecting the colour to strengthen as it produces bigger pitchers?

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Wow... excellent plants David... taiping... yeah... town of fresh air and the afternoon rain.. it would be hard for Neps not to thrive there. Your N.bicalcarata is an excellent speciment.

I have no idea how it would look like. It was a tiny plantlet when I received it and I have no pictures of the parent plant as reference. That's the excitement there for me see how it would look like when it matured.

Thanks. You are very kind. I think a lot of you grow much healthier and robust plants. I actually think twice before posting these pictures.

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Hi David, Your rafa and ampularia have such strong colours. Love them. Thans for sharing. hosh

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Love to see the development of the beige raff then. Looks exquisite now, might even get better in the future. The colouration is a sure killer for nep fans (die..sendiri kena poison already, hehe).

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Well although i have had a couple of Neps for a couple of years now, i never took serious interest in them till this year. I am quite surprise that the 2 original Neps i had survived this long as all i did was water them... as and when i remembered.

These days i am still trying to figure out which ones need more light than others and which ones need more water than the others.

My only consolation so far is that one of the original Neps i had which never pitchered since i got it has finally pitchered again...(after some tlc).. turned out to be a N.raff (that i posted for id in the id section of the forum)

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Wow!:spinning: Nice.. Nice.. Very nice.. .. :1thumbup:*biggrin2*

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Wow ! :spinning:Fantastic .. Fantastic .. Very beautiful :1thumbup:*biggrin2*

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Those are surely some nice plants, David. Happy that they are doing well. thanks to your mum who took care for you.:laugh:
You still have some more nice neps, don't you? *biggrin2*

Err... there are a few more but it was getting dark and my simple camera just could not focus properly. Could not wait for the next day as I was driving back to KL that night itself.

Also they do not have really spectacular and showy pitchers. Some don't look presentable to be posted as well... hope they do not know I am saying this about them. They might start sulking and not grow altogether... :spinning: hush, hush... :blush:

Thanks Hosh, Wong and TranMinh. Glad you like them.

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ask the question --> N. rafflesiana x veitchii = N. Menarik ?
Right ?

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Yes, you are right. It is N. x Menarik

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Nice nep collection you got here David, don't have to think twice before you post lar *biggrin2*... you should be proud :1thumbup:

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wow,all plants look healthy and well taken care. amp and raff will show their vibrant colours as they mature.

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Nice growing, love the upper on that viking. The wing is nice.

Ed

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Oh i c...thanks !

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great photos, i love seeing all these happy nepenthes :)