---Hi,
The cover photo Dried specimens is of adult traps from Phu Kadung that
I found. The two on the left is of the intermediate upper traps. The two
in the middle are lower traps from the same type plant and the two on
the right are lower traps from another smaller type of plant. I found male
and female flower spikes on several plants from the ones on the left and
the smaller plant on the right. Seeing how they were flowering I
assumed that they were mature flowering plants. Maybe not. Anyways
I can't be absolutely sure until these flower. I found multiple colonies in
different locations including along the cliffs on Phu Kadung. I do have
another type from Phu Kadung that is showing longer tendrils like N.
thorelii.
As for pictures of the two living specimens I have it on DVD now but
don't have a screen capture program to show them on the group yet.
Truly,
Tom
In WildJungle@yahoogroups.com, "rafflesiana" <rafflesiana@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>