Dear Bruce,


I purchased a plant from Andreas Wistuba he calls _Nepenthes anamensis_,
Andreas' plant is a different clone, but the same species as your _Nepenthes
kampotiana_. All the information I've been able to find indicates both he
and you have the correct species for both _N. kampotiana_ (yours) and _N.
anamensis_ (his). Both of these species were previously named _N. smilesii_
is 1895. I think we have a case in which both _N. thorelii_ and _N.
smilesii_ are twin species rather similar to the situation we have with _N.
lowii_ and _N. ephippiata_.

Please see:
http://www.nepenthesofthailand.com/Conclusionssofar.htm
Main page:
http://www.nepenthesofthailand.com/


However, your "N. anamensis" is not a match for either and it is not a match
for _N. mirabilis_, nor _N. thorelii_ and I would really like to figure out
just what it is... So far the only species I can put it close to is _N.
gracilis_--the way it vines out and grows with nearly the exact same pattern
as _N. gracilis_ and _N. trichocarpa_. In fact, it is nearly a perfect
match regarding the pitcher and leaf shape for _N. trichocarpa_! I have
some photos of this plant, would you mind taking a look at them?

Do you have any other mystery plants from Indochina available for purchase?
So far I have two plants from your collection, _N. kampotiana_ and "N.
anamensis". I wouldn't mind buying some more to help conserve and/or try to
confirm the ID of these clones.


Thank-you,
Dave Evans
New Jersey, USA
www.Dangerousplants.com


-----Original Message-----
From: bruce bednar [mailto:buellmyster@...]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 6:45 AM
To: dpevans@...
Subject: Re: N. anamenis

Dave; I do not have a location for the N.anamensis, the foliage looks like
mirabilis right down the the leaf edge margin that is so typical of
mirabilis, but the pitcher is squat, fat and and pink with light maroon
speckling thats only present in colder months...have another mirabilis form
that also speckles during the winter. I have 2 forms of distillatoria...the
rubra form has a red stem and looks exactly like the one listed in Kondo's
Nepenthes book (which looks just like a gracilis) however the ones from
Cantly out of Sri Lanka look very much like mirabilis as dose the anamensis,

our kampotiana looks like a real plain -dull looking thorelii (which is very

ornate and colorful) Good growing. Bruce Lee