Re: L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand
 

Site 3 : N. mirabilis & N. gracilis


This is the 3rd site. Different type of forest, more undergrowth on the forest floor as sunlight can penetrate better with sparse canopy.


Site 3 : Habitat
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1...te3habitat.jpg

mirabilis-01
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6559/mirabilis01c.jpg

mirabilis-02
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/530/mirabilis02z.jpg

mirabilis-03
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3024/mirabilis03.jpg

mirabilis-04
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6730/mirabilis04.jpg


mirabilis-05 What a beauty !! :wub::wub:
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7135/mirabilis05.jpg

mirabilis-06 Sorry for the blurry pic. I've noticed some N. mirabilis from this location have slightly squatter/fatter lower pitchers. Perhaps it's a link to the evolutionary path of N. globosa "Viking" ??

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8749/mirabilis06.jpg

mirabilis-07
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/366/mirabilis07.jpg

gracilis-01
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1331/gracilis01.jpg

gracilis-02
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3131/gracilis02.jpg

gracilis-03
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9974/gracilis03.jpg

gracilis-04
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5788/gracilis04.jpg

gracilis-05
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7835/gracilis05.jpg

gracilis-06
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9188/gracilis06.jpg

Thanks for viewing, sorry for the long long post even it's just for some common L/L neps but I felt it's important for me to document and share among fellow enthusiast. I have a strong feeling it's just a matter of time before what I saw will be all gone in the name of "human development". :crying:

Re: L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand
 

Hi,
Thank you for sharing picture, really nice picture !

Re: L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand
 

Just some update, after reviewing "Pitcher Plant of the Old World" Vol 1 by Steward McPherson, I think the N. thorelii that I have observed could have been the "undescribed" N. kongkandana.

Re: L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand
 

Hello there bro.

Thank you very much for sharing this update:smile:
and such wonderful picture. God... don't know when i could go
on a trip again...


regards
Jonathan

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Hey Jon! Great to see you back on the forum. Finnaly got your internet access up in the steaming tropical jungles of Sabah eh.

Man! I just love mirabilis-05 aka hot-hot lips!

Do you guys think that some of them might be hybrids or thorelii?

Gracilis-4 is a very beautiful specimen... all red on its picthers. That's red colour and not maroon right? Are all the pitchers on this plant red in colour? I know TS will go gaga when he sees this red gracilis. :)

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You're very much welcome Jon... if you're in Sabah now, I envy you more.... *biggrin2*

David,

Ya, gotta love the mirabilis "hot2 lip" :wub:, this form of mirabilis will have red/maroon lower pitchers, the uppers will be the "hot lip". For Site 3, as far as I can observe, there's only N. mirabilis, N. gracilis and it's hybrid (only 1 specimen as far as I can find).

I also love the red/maroon form of N. gracilis, there's only a few plants that produce this kind of pitcher and all the pitcher have similar coloration.

Maybe can ask Dr. Charles to check if whether the N. thorelii from Site 1 is in fact N. kongkandana :confused:. That will be so exicting... *biggrin2*

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Then better hurry before the land is plough.

Re: L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand
 

Jonathan in KK move to new thread. https://forum.petpitcher.net/showthread.php?t=2676