Guessing game...

[NepNut]

Come on... Ali , is that the only feature you based on to come to your conclusion ??

Now I'll show you these pics....

The leaves on the left is the mystery plant, on the right is the pure N. ampullaria


Pitcher on top from the mystery plant, the bottom is the pure N. ampullaria


Now, what is this mystery plant??

[Boris]

hmm ... I don't se much difference in the leaves. I'd go also for pure amp but maybe it's amp x ventricosa.

[NepNut]

Lim, Robert and others.... please join this little game?

[CN]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

The leaves look more shinier....

the Leaves

[Aliamyz]

The peristome is more like talang to me though.

[marvin1997]

Pure amp xD My green speckle leaves are shiny

[kentosaurs]

I always thought talangensis has very flat peristromes....If it is an amp x talangensis i would be suprise because i don't see the talangensis in it...

I just took a look at a pure talangensis's leaves and their very thin like a ventricosa's

[NepNut]

Ok.... drum rolling.....

It's BE's N. ampullaria x talangensis . Those who saw it or heard about it like Ali already have that idea engraved in his mind. So, any tiny clue will point to N. talangensis (no offence Ali) even though it's not conclusive.

I was disappointed when I saw the plants and I called Fauzi to confirm if he mistakenly send me the wrong nep... I admit, I rushed the order without looking at how the plants look like once I heard BE is releasing such cross.... too exicted.

According to BE, this is the best selected TC clone for this cross. From the looks of it, the N. ampullaria trait totally overtaken the N. talagensis. I got 3 plants, 1 is the TC (shown here) and the other is the seed grown origin (still too small to tell but the leaves is reddish color).

I really hope the history of MT's N. veitchii x hurrelliana (MT finally admitted the mistake and they now changed to N. veitchii "Pink") don't repeat here... if not there'll be a lot of upset customers...

So the conclusions....

1) If this is the true cross, maybe the plants is still too young to see N. talangensis traits (I'm crossing my fingers)

2) Maybe the tropical L/L growing condition inhibit the trait of N. talangensis to develope as it was overtaken by N. ampullaria?? (I'm purely speculating, without sciencetific proof and support)

3) This cross is just not that interesting even with N. ampullaria and N. talangensis as parent. Perhaps the reverse will yield a more desireable hybrid.

Please feel free to comment. Thanks.

[Boris]

That's really astonishing if you look at other crosses with talangensis. It's mostly very dominant.

[sooxiwei]

very interesting game thanks to Nepnut, educational indeed to newbie like me especially with the explanation part, really give a clearer picture of the differences and possibility of hybrid form, do update us with the latest news and let's hope it's not a blunder from the producer