L/L Nepenthes in southern Thailand

[NepNut]

Site 3 : N. mirabilis & N. gracilis


This is the 3rd site. Different type of forest, more undergrowth on the forest floor as sunlight can penetrate better with sparse canopy.


Site 3 : Habitat


mirabilis-01


mirabilis-02


mirabilis-03


mirabilis-04



mirabilis-05 What a beauty !!


mirabilis-06 Sorry for the blurry pic. I've noticed some N. mirabilis from this location have slightly squatter/fatter lower pitchers. Perhaps it's a link to the evolutionary path of N. globosa "Viking" ??



mirabilis-07


gracilis-01


gracilis-02


gracilis-03


gracilis-04


gracilis-05


gracilis-06


Thanks for viewing, sorry for the long long post even it's just for some common L/L neps but I felt it's important for me to document and share among fellow enthusiast. I have a strong feeling it's just a matter of time before what I saw will be all gone in the name of "human development".

[TranMinh]

Hi,
Thank you for sharing picture, really nice picture !

[NepNut]

Just some update, after reviewing "Pitcher Plant of the Old World" Vol 1 by Steward McPherson, I think the N. thorelii that I have observed could have been the "undescribed" N. kongkandana.

[Jonathan]

Hello there bro.

Thank you very much for sharing this update
and such wonderful picture. God... don't know when i could go
on a trip again...


regards
Jonathan

[David]

Hey Jon! Great to see you back on the forum. Finnaly got your internet access up in the steaming tropical jungles of Sabah eh.

Man! I just love mirabilis-05 aka hot-hot lips!

Do you guys think that some of them might be hybrids or thorelii?

Gracilis-4 is a very beautiful specimen... all red on its picthers. That's red colour and not maroon right? Are all the pitchers on this plant red in colour? I know TS will go gaga when he sees this red gracilis.

[NepNut]

You're very much welcome Jon... if you're in Sabah now, I envy you more....

David,

Ya, gotta love the mirabilis "hot2 lip" , this form of mirabilis will have red/maroon lower pitchers, the uppers will be the "hot lip". For Site 3, as far as I can observe, there's only N. mirabilis, N. gracilis and it's hybrid (only 1 specimen as far as I can find).

I also love the red/maroon form of N. gracilis, there's only a few plants that produce this kind of pitcher and all the pitcher have similar coloration.

Maybe can ask Dr. Charles to check if whether the N. thorelii from Site 1 is in fact N. kongkandana . That will be so exicting...

[bactrus]

Then better hurry before the land is plough.

[bactrus]

Jonathan in KK move to new thread. https://forum.petpitcher.net/showthread.php?t=2676