Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Well, another new species.
But this one is a bit special to me:

http://www.lhnn.proboards107.com/ind...ay&thread=2884


Cheers,

François.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Perhaps a N. meyii is not too far off. ;) - Rich

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Congrates François for describing another new sp.

Where's the pics btw?

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

OOOOOOOOOO Grats!!!!! Its like a few months no new species is describe then all of a sudden so many species are coming up!!!..Very good job

Ken

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Yay!! Another new nep. Good job.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hello,

Thanks for the kind words.
Basically, you already know the species. It's the one I found in Cambodia and the one I entered in cultivation under the name "N. sp.
Cambodia" then "N. bokor". But now it's formerly described and, thus, its got a name: N. bokorensis.

Here are some pictures:
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2180/s6001578ex4.jpg[/url]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5403/s6001649qc2.jpg[/url]

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9435/s6001232lf4.jpg[/url]

Cheers,

François.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Wow that's one nice plant there.I would like to get one if they become available.
The peristome of the lower pitcher is so broad!

Good job François!

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Congrats François. Hopefully it'll be available commercially soon.... thanks for introducing another nep species.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Introducing the plant in culture and describing the plant are two very different things. I'm glad I've done both. ;-)

I've sent some seeds to Exotica plants so, the plants should be availaible in your part of the world. I hope so.


Speak soon,

François.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Are there any known natural hybrid with this guy?

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

GAHHHH THOSE FAT LIPS!!!!!.....I would kill to get a plant like that (joking) Its a lowland species right? Looks a lot like those thorelii or mirabilis from thailand u know those neps there all have that look..

Ken

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Actually this sp. resembles closely to Tiger from Thailand.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Ken,
If you look closely on one of the pics, you'll see LSM on the background, that should give you an idea....

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Awww man....... I actually saw that but "pretending" not to see that to bluff myself "its a lowland species,Its a lowland species" lol

Ken

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hi Ken

Actually, N. bokorensis grows between 800 and 1100 masl and it grows VERY well in lowland conditions!
My seedgrown (18 months old) are 35/40 cm large now.


Cheers,

François.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Yay!! Grows well in lowland. When its available and cheap I'll get one.(Hope its not like hamata RM500)

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Well that's a good news for us!;)

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Sweet!!!....Goal for the lowland species...Its always the highland species being discovered...Well that makes sense since 70% of neps are from the highland areas..You send some seeds to EP right? Hope they'll mass produce them ASAP :)

Ken

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hope to see real fascinating hybrids they create using N.Bokoriensis.

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hi Ali

I heard that some nurseries which use "thorelii" in they're cross is not the reali thorelii in fact people might have mistaken it for different plant maybe even this plant i saw all this from this thread
http://pitcherplants.proboards34.com...ad=7322&page=1

Anyways i would prefer a pure species then a hybrid of this guy i guess...Not that sure anyways cos this plant looks fantastic just on its own..(Gardenier its so good that it can be eaten on its own :) lol)

Ken

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hi all,
How do you ID bokorensis from kongadana and thorelii???
Do you have a keys of this species?

Thanks

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

Hi eboat,

If you give me your mail, I can send you the pdf of the whole description.

I didn't treat N. kongkandana in my work because it is not described yet but I have compared N. bokorensis with N. kampotiana, N. smilesii and N. thorelii.

I remind everyone that the real thorelii has not been officially re-discovered (since 1909!) and it is very unlikely that is in cultivation.
All the so-called "thorelii" are either N. smilesii, N. bokorensis, N. kampotiana or undescribed taxa such as N. kongkandana, the "tigers" or, worse case, hybrids between all those related species!


Here is an extract of the description of N. bokorensis:

Re: Nepenthes bokorensis
 

2. Putative relatives. Nepenthes bokorensis is closely related to N. kampotiana, N. smilesii and N. thorelii, but differs from all of these species in that the leaf is much broader and also more oblong in shape. The occasional production of 2-flowered partial peduncles is also unusual in this group of species. It may also be distinguished from N. kampotiana as the foliage of that species is typically glabrous, whereas in N. bokorensis most parts of mature plants are usually lined with short hairs. Nepenthes bokorensis may be distinguished from N. smilesii by its pitcher morphology; the pitchers of N. smilesii are narrow, with a thin peristome, less colouration and shorter tendril than those of N. bokorensis, which are broad and have a characteristically robust peristome. Nepenthes bokorensis differs from N. thorelii by the attachment of the leaf to the stem; in N. bokorensis, the lamina is sessile to sub–petiolate and clasps the stem, only ever becoming slightly decurrent, whereas in N. thorelii the lamina is nearly completely amplexicaul and strongly decurrent. N. bokorensis may also be distinguished from N. thorelii by its pitcher morphology: the lower pitchers of N. thorelii are ovate whereas those of N. bokorensis are ovate in the lower third and cylindrical in the above. Nepenthes bokorensis is unlikely to be confused with these three species in the wild and it is not known to occur sympatrically with any of them. Therefore, no natural hybrids including N. bokorensis as a parent species are known.