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Old 6th January 2009, 01:08 PM
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Default N. burbidgeae x edwardsiana

Some of you may have already own this beauty. And since YG has grown them to marketable size, you will likely to see more of them in the market soon. These plants should be 6 - 8 inch big.

There is a craving for these plants overseas because of the edwardsiana perentage.

All the plants that are in the market come from one single MT clone. This is what Chien Lee had to say about this plant:

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Hi Tony,

Yes, that's right. *From a large batch of seed collected from N. burbidgeae, only a single tissue cultured seedling turned out to be this hybrid. *It was initially sown in 1997, but was slow to propagate at first and then sold as N. burbidgeae (along with other true seedlings) until larger plants developed and it was revealed to be a hybrid. *It's probable parentage was determined by the obvious characteristics of N. edwardsiana and the fact that the two species were growing in near proximity in the wild.

It is interesting to see that growers have noticed so much variation within a single clone. *Whilst somatic mutation during tissue culture division is not impossible, I think it is far more likely that there are many environmental factors that contribute to the appearance of a pitcher as it develops.

Best regards,
Ch'ien
For more info on this hybrid, check out this thread:
http://terraforums.com/forums/showth...t=99533&page=1

Choong
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