N. lowii x truncata (and others)

[Lazarus]

I have pics of it from several months ago when it was sporting 5 lower pitchers.




And these are from a little over a year ago before I cut the main vine.

[atmccmn]

..............and now you've convinced me to hunt for this gem.

[jeff1u]

How you grow it?!
I feel so sad and worry of mine...

My lowii x truncata grows smaller leaves and now stone there.....

I feel I am wasting money....

[Lazarus]

Alright, one more batch of photos. The pitcher has stopped growing at over 12.5", and 2.75" width at the base. I can even stick my hand in it :P .

[David]

I just saw this thread. My goodness! That's a keeper man! Ok, I'm gonna start looking for one too.

[Lazarus]

The features of this hybrid never cease to amaze me since every pitcher is different. This was definitely the largest pitcher I've ever had from this plant or any other nepenthes. One thing that intrigues me most is the inner walls of these upper pitchers. On the two that have opened up so far, I've noticed that the pitcher walls (at least on the upper parts close to the peristome) are ALWAYS very wet, like the pitcher walls are constantly secreting water. I've never noticed this for any other nepenthes, especially considering how the upper walls are usually devoid of any glands and only have slippery scales to make insects fall. Has anyone noticed this feature in the pure species of lowii, or any other lowii hybrids? It's a lot of little patches of water on the pitcher walls that are clearly visible, even on the older pitcher. It's impossible for me to photograph with my cam phone.

[cedric_sunny]

Lazarus, you growing the lowii X in lowland conditions?

[Lazarus]

Just when I thought I was done with photos, it comes out and does something more interesting :P . I was surprised when I walked out this morning and saw that this pitcher had developed a completely reflexed horizontal mouth. Just yesturday it was way different. It's the 3rd one so far, and just opened a few days ago.

Yesturday-


Today-




mmm, not quite :P.

[NepNut]

Marvelous hybrid you got there, growing it in temperate climate with cold nights sure helped to unleash the lowii to the fullest. Great work !!

I'm crossing my fingers for my N. lowii x N. boschiana to be able to grow in L/L tropical climate.

[shawnintland]

Laz, I just got back and also just saw this thread. Wow, great plant! I just spent a few days looking at the most beautiful lowii clusters and pitchers up close and personal in Borneo and was blown away by them. So much variation in both color and form, and a wood-like texture to the pitchers unlike any other I've seen. Seems really adaptable too - saw huge epiphytic clusters almost dominating tree branches down to beautiful, "muscle-bound" individual plants growing in the ultramarfic soils in the 'rock garden'.

Yours looks great. Hmmm, I wonder what a lowii x truncata would look like? Pretty nice I'd assume.