Truncata black from BE
 

Hi !
already been nearly 4 months, my truncata still very small, i using live moss + coconut fiber, 50% sunlight. how about you guy ? please post your photo and share your experience.

Re: Truncata black from BE
 

wow...what a lil jewel!! i think you should cut back on the moss and provide more airier mix but still maintain high humidity and lots of sun....learnt from sifu nepnut and now my truncata is producing new pitcher and new leave.

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Your plant look healthy given the current hot and dry weather.

Be prepared to spend 1-2 yrs as truncata is very very slow growing during seedling stage. I got a MT clone which I got almost 1.5 yrs ago similar size to your current BE black truncata, now it's about 5"-6" diameter only... sigh

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is this the king of spade and heart of queen that are being the hottest selling plant few months back? is it a form of hybrid or purebreed?

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It is a pure breed Soo.

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Ali....Their not even sure if it is a species or hybrid but they put it under truncata i guess cos of some similar features...

(I could be wrong)

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I still don't think its a pure species though :crying:

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its from selective breeding...*biggrin2* both parents are from the truncata origin. what do they called, purebred or muggles? when can i get my itchy hands on it?

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...ncatablack.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...catablack1.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...catablack2.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...catablack3.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/x...tablack4-1.jpg

article taken from BE's website http://www.borneoexotics.com/

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yes I know all about that , but again I still think is a hybrid . you can show me all those pic's you want till your blue in the face but I thnk its a hybrid

daren

Re: Truncata black from BE
 

Possibly a hybrid...the peristome looks quite like veitchii's, but otherwise, the two truncatas are extremely amazing plants.

Hopefully BE or somebody can come up with a more detailed explanation about these two plants.

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see it reminds me of a N. Ovata

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Ed, the wild population is gone now...so i don't think it'll be able to be IDed

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It is NOT a hybrid at all, BOTH parent plants are pure species N. truncata, therefore all of these seedlings are also pure species, N. truncata. They are, however, from known individual parent plants, each one unique, but still a pure species; it so happens that they are of a very small population, (which may no longer exist in its natural habitat), that exhibit these extreme dark colors and wide peristome features. - Rich

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Thanks rich ,
But i will still remain the idiot by my thinking of this plant :1thumbup:

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I second CN, it is a hybrid*biggrin2*

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Here are mine N.truncata (Q x K)

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/truncataQK04.jpg



http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/truncataQK06.jpg

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hi melson, thank you for sharing!! they look GREAT!!

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Hi Melson,
Very healthy seedling you got there, did you grow it in an intermediate condition (with cool night)??

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Thank you guys.
Yes, I grow it in an intermediate condition with cool night this winter.
But the summer in Taiwan will be lowland condition (temperature up to 28℃ ~34℃).I begining to worry about that.

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Hi Melson,
Thanks for sharing this information. Looks like these seedling do better in intermediate condition rather than LL. At least in Taiwan it's seasonal, not like here in Malaysia, hot, hot and hot... *biggrin2*

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The colouration looks better and and the plant looks healthier. When the prices for the plant drop, I'll get it *biggrin2*

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I won't buy BE's new released hybrids anymore because a lot of their hybrids turn out to be not the real thing,for instance sibuyanensis x hamata turned out to be sibuyanensis x (xLady pauline) and many more of the newer hybrids is suspected too.Latest is ampullaria x talangensis:unsure:

I rather wait for a few years where the hybrids grow and get confirmed and the prices go down too.

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Ali where did u find out that BE's sibu x hamata is sibu x lady pauline????? It probably is a right parentage...Its just that hamata's teeth has quite little influence in hybrids..Just like bical

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In all the threads that discussed bout this hybrid said is actually sibu x lady pauline...try seraching in the pitcherplants forum.

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phangst, melson....keep us posted on the progress of your plant please....:1thumbup:

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Hey, guys,

The temperature is 34℃ at day and 30℃ at night in TAIWAN. It's really hot summer here. But......seedlings grow better and faster as following I show. (Look at them...)

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK07.jpg

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK08.jpg

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK09.jpg

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK10.jpg

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK11.jpg

http://melson.myweb.hinet.net/2010/9...uncataQK12.jpg


Seems they all adapt very well in Lowland conditions!!

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Wow~ They look great! Does the pitcher size become smaller?

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No, Marvin,They are getting bigger.
The temperature record was broken these days.
39℃ :spinning::spinning:

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Wow!! How much sun do they get? Suddenly very interested with them!!*biggrin2*

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I dont think there is stock left for the truncata black marvin. Even if there is its gonna be very expensive. Probably 200++ For a S sized plant

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If available, i like to have one as well even though it's around RM200++. Anyone(malaysian only) got extra want to let go?

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The full sunlight from 2 pm to 6 pm, the rest of time they took scattered light. :1thumbup: