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Old 19th September 2008, 10:32 AM
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Default Re: Miranda peristome

Nice Miranda Shawn! I really like how this one is displaying alot of its northaina traits.

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Originally Posted by kentosaurs View Post
Hi Shawn,

Among all my nepenthes one of my favourites is my N miranda,even though its so common and can be found almost everywhere its still so beautiful.It has quality and quantity hahahahah.Its almost as common as N ventrata.Oh yah has anyone hybrid a N miranda or propagated its seeds before a lot of people are telling me that N miranda seeds cant be used???? iS THIS TRUE????

Ken

Well, Miranda is a complex hybrid. ( (northiana x maxima) x maxima I think)
I think the way it works is, that the more different species a hybrid has in its parantage, the less viable its seed tends to be. Eventually, at some point, a hybrid crossed so many times will become sterile.
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