truncata, had to post this:)

[NepNut]

I'm guessing this is a HL form or maybe a "greenhouse bred" clone from EP?

[zero]

cpnut, I don't know the origin of this truncata. I got it from tristans 3-4 years ago.
alienfx there are many seedgrown and cloned types of truncata. They all look differn't.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by zero

I really need to repot this

Thanks for the whole plant pic. It's doing well and that would suggest the roots are massive and healthy. To repot it's best not to disturb the roots and repotted with all the original media.

[edwardyeeks]

Nice truncata! Mine is still very young.......thanks for sharing!

Cheers

[rsivertsen]

Originally Posted by alienfx

So how many types of truncata are there?Mine dont have wide peristome like in the picture.I have seen some truncata are fat and some are long.

There are hundreds of different forms of N. truncata! I have 8 plants all grown from seed, and no two are exactly alike, some with wider perisomes, some green, and others more red, some very cylindrical, other wide and squat, and this is only from a single site! There are "highland" (actually intermediate) forms that have a slightly hairy petiole, and may become very dark red in some individual plants. - Rich

[harlem2347]

Wow...nice truncata..has so big pitchers...Maybe I can get 1 for myself in the future....thanks for ur sharing!

[kentosaurs]

Huge man..............

Ken

[Amelie.Poulain]

I like playing fairy-godmother to neglected plants. During my last trip to Cameron Highland back in early august, I 'saved' a good-sized N. truncata for next to nothing. The plant was covered in dust, no pitcher - just the shape of the leaves gives away it's variety. Took it home, gave it a good bath & brushing using sable hair's - it was almost decent looking

After a couple of months, it produced a miniscule pitcher, barely 2" long. The next leaf looks more promising, the pitcher doubling in size weekly. As we were leaving for the long Eid weekend, I noticed that the pitcher was about 4" + the lid has not open yet, there's still hope there

When I got back yesterday morning, the lid is just opening, I was too sleepy to measure the size properly, so I just used my palm to eyeball it. Much later, after 2 loads of laundry, I measure my palm.

Surprised, thinking that I must have measured a leaf or something else during the early morning I took a ruler to the garden. So it's true, I did measure the new pitcher, and it is slightly more than 6" long!

Not bad for a charity case huh!

[Amelie.Poulain]

Here's a photo of the N. truncata, eventhough the peristome is still not well-formed, I see a lot of potential



those are the two pitchers I spoke about before.