Wild N Gracilis of Melaka

[Wong]

Just some pictures to share.

[Aliamyz]

Very nice as usual Wong

[Wong]

Ali,
Some of the N Gracilis sure don't look like those typical N Gracilis. BTW, those purple color leaves turn into green colour after the rain.

[David]

Thanks Wong for sharing with us all these pictures. It's always a thrill for me to see them in the wild.

I love gracilis, even though they don't look spectacular at all. It is their ability to grow and survive almost anywhere that I am attracted to. I can see from this site that the media is really sandy. It's like 80% sand and 20% fine clay etc. The first picture is a beauty. Looks like a dark brown pitcher and the color is so even throughout the pitcher. Does the other pitchers on this plant look like that?

[NepNut]

Nice, looks like you've been busy Wong...

[delphiguy]

amazing shots, thanks for sharing your trip with us.

[David]

By the way, have you seen any pure red gracilis before? I think it would be a beauty! So far I've seen black, green, maroon and mix of green and maroon, but not a pure red gracilis.

[Wong]

David,
So far, all the N Gracilis seems to have a least two different colour pitcher. The most common colour is the green colour and chocolate colour(?).
No true red N Gracilis seen yet, only heavily sun burn pitcher found. The two colour pitcher seems to be quite common, I found them in Selangor, Melaka and Johor.
The stem and the leaves in the last few pictures are the ones that I think is not normal.

[NepNut]

Hmm... could be a hybrid?? Any other nep species found there?

[Wong]

Could be.. some N Gracilis hybrid cross back to N Gracilis? Or maybe a mutant. There's no other neps found in that area. It is a small area and most of the surrounding area have been developed. However, there's a small hill about 1 to 2 km away from the site.