Hi, Looking at the Tom's thorelii pics from Trat in his nepenthesclub group, I've the impression that the lids have the right apple-like shape. That would be...
Dear Lists, http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dpevans/N_kampotiana.htm I have updated this page. I changed the HTML coding, remade and renamed several images and...
Hi everyone, I am very new in growing nepenthes but have been growing plants since young for botanica interest and for their wonderful company. Recently i got...
... Hi Yat, I don't think you offended anybody :)) I hope you checked nepenthesofthailand.com for more informations. Anyway, N. smilesii, anamensis and...
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...
Dear Wild Jungle, Here is Bruce Bednar's reply about the identity of his mystery "N. anamensis". Apparently, he received them with this label from Europe. ...
Dear Tom, Finally, someone has posted photos of these types and I can see details of the plants there in the photos!!! Thanks, Tom. Well, in the photos Tom...
Dear Lists, If someone gets the chance, similar quality photos of _N. smilesii_ type specimens would be great :) As it appears at least two different species ...
Hi Dave! My name is Marcello, not Marco :))))) I think you can get a good idea of the thorelii problem as it is at the moment (Your plants, Tom's plants, the...
Dear Marcello and Jan, So sorry, I switched your names in my head! ... Right, I read all that material. However, the problem is that when I spoke to Dr. Jan...
Dear Trent, This plant is definitely _N. kampotiana/anamensis_. I believe _N. thorelii_ has a shorter neck to the pitchers. Also, I think I noticed something...
... looking ... did ... ooooh, I see, I think that can be easily cleared up. They looked at different herbarium specimens. Remember that: the two growers that...
I just got this post after answering Dave's post. Thanks for clearing up the mirabilis 'smilesii' issue, Marcello. We do indeed consider the plant in the photo...
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...
... 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...
Dear List, I have a plant that is from Thailand and it is flower and is now receptive for pollination. I don't have any photos of it to show you, but it...
Dear List, I have two _N. campanulata_ developing flower stalks. Neither have flowered before and there is a decent chance they are the same clone... Just...
Dear List, The _N. campanulata_ flowers have started to open and the first clone is male. It is not shedding pollen yet, but it has started to emit an odor....
Hi Tom, While the anamensis and smilesii lids look identical, it's quite interesting to see how different is the geoffrayi lid, especially considering the...
... and ...the ... made ... other ... Hi, I used the original description by Lecomte for N. geoffrayi and the and the original description by Macfarlane for N....
... mmm...yes, that means geoffray is "lightly hairy" while anamensis is "pubescent" (a word that is usually related to even smaller hair, I think, the same...
Hi, I added the shot of N. geoffrayi tendril for comparison to N. anamensis. I'll try and get some comparison pics of the wings and leaves. You should be able...
Hello Marcello, There is an alternate theory I thought of a couple of weeks ago and have been wanting to post: The "reason" Dr. Schlauer says the type...
Hi Dave! ... As far as I know Schlauer only used to say that most of the plants in the collections around the world that are labelled N. anamensis were infact...
Good Evening Marcello, Well, if the plant on the sheet is full sized and mature, it should be obvious. But if it is a smaller, immature plant the identity...
My ... wow, this changes everything! I had no idea that Schlauer had seen that same specimen! I thought Schlauer was basing his thought on what Danser had ...
Dear Marcello, That is why I cross-posted these last few emails. If I have miss-wrote what Jan Schlauer said, he will correct me. He wrote about it several...
Hi, I did some digging back into some old catalogues for another subject and found that in '94 Wistuba was selling N. mirabilis "Smilesi" for $15.00 and N....
Hi Tom! I read about Weiner and Westphal, if I'm not wrong, selling mirabilis var. anamensis and var. smilesii in the '80-'85. And I think those were just...