Hi Tom,
I post this here just to keep this forum alive :)
I read your last post in the nepenthesclub about the dry specimens.
Nice to see how the seeds and seed pods of N. thorelii are different
from those of N. smilesii. But yet I don't see any difference between
N. smilesii and anamensis, that you say are two different species. I
also don't understand how two (almost?) identical species can live in
the same place (phu kradung) without mixing. And if they did how can
you tell the difference between the two? How could it happen that in
the last million years, even if in the same location, you can still
find the same two species and clearly see the differences among them
and maybe even spot the hybrids between the two? I posted a new group
of photos, under the name smilesii/anamensis (sorry if some of them are
low quality). They're my seedlings from phu kradung. They're from the
same flower, but really different. Can you tell what species is that or
if any of those is a hybrid anamxsmil? Actually I've been on just one
of the nepenthes locations at phu kradung, that series of cliffs at the
southern extreme edge. I know they grow in another 2-3 places on Phu
Kradung, but not really easy to reach by humans...have you been there,
in the "lost" locations? Maybe the other species you mention grows
there... If you say that these two species grow on different mountains
or at different locations on the same mountain maybe what you say could
have happened...Do you have pictures of living specimens of the two
species? Thanks!
Marcello