How do some seedlings look like

[kentosaurs]

Hi everyone

Just asking if anyone 1 of you have germinated nep seeds which look like a maybe 0.5cm hairy stem coming out and 2 leaves which is not "smooth" in shape? I mean when a nep seedling just germinated they will come out with 2 nice teardrop kind of leaf right? But recently i germinated some not sure ID nep seeds most of them turn black probally 90% there a just a few which didn't turn black...So now i realised there is 2 seedlings there which i don't know if its a nep seedling or a weed...It has a short stem sticking out which normally nep seedlings dont.The leaves are wringkly teardrop shaped and the stem is hairy soo i'm not sure if its a weed...

Ken

[Aliamyz]

Nep seedlings will have pitchers on it's leaves even when they are small.

[kentosaurs]

Hi Ali

When the first start as a seedling the first thing they produce is 2 leaves without pitchers or whatsoever..

Ken

[Aliamyz]

So wait till it produces it's first pitcher leaves Ken.

[JOPPE]

Howe long will it take from the coming out leaves and they have a pitcher ....

regards joppe

[kentosaurs]

Hi Joppe

For me ranges from a few days after germination to a week or 2.......Hey guys i also realised suddenly in my maxima x fusca pot grew a tiny nep seedling which i have no idea where it came from hahah this one doesn't have a stem and looks exactly like a nep seedlings

Ken

[rsivertsen]

In my experience, many if not most Nepenthes seedlings look nearly identical for the first couple/few years until they show their true form, even highland/lowland species. - Rich

[zulteh279]

i'm growing N.mirabilis seed and the seedlings do not have hairy stem,just a very short stem with 2 small leaf bout 2mm each.The 1st pitcher is also very small without its tendril and the lid is a bit hairy (like N.tentaculata)