Another Lowe's nepenthes ID

Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288158

By PetroleumJunkie412 -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:16 am
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:16 am #288158

So, another deathcube rescue. Turns out it was three plants for the price of one. They were listed as ventricosas, but the leaf to pitcher ratio seems totally wrong, and the periscope shape does not look like any ventricosa I've ever seen. Any ideas are appreciated!

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288159

By PetroleumJunkie412 -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:17 am
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:17 am #288159

Unopened pitcher on the twin plant.

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288179

By cjpflaumer -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:22 am
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:22 am #288179

In my experience they are usually Ventrata at lowes or home depot.
That is ventricosa and alata hybrid. So the label was (probably) half correct! Lol. With mine, the basal shoots make pitchers like how your plant looks then as they grow more they lose that fringe on the side and smooth out.

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288184

By erikHIplants -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:05 am
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:05 am #288184

Looks just like the new ventrata I got lol

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288185

By PetroleumJunkie412 -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:31 am
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:31 am #288185

I'll see if I can post a picture of it next to my ventrata this evening. Might be one, and I know they usually are. Just seems to have little in common with the known one I have as of now, between the size, peristome 'teeth,' and ribs on the pitcher.

Might be, who knows!

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288191

By Adelaide -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:56 pm
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:56 pm #288191

I have gotten an actual ventricosa from Lowe's, labeled as a ventricosa too.

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288209

By DeadlyCarnivore -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:20 pm
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:20 pm #288209

Everyone says they are ventrata, but im not so sure

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288210

By cjpflaumer -  Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:37 pm
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- Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:37 pm #288210

I will look at mine and see if I have a small basal shoot. If it does, the pitchers will look like your picture. Then as it grows up it will lose the teeth and the peristome kinda slopes down a lot more.

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288258

By PetroleumJunkie412 -  Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:10 am
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- Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:10 am #288258

Sounds good on the basal photos. They were in the dead bin, and I got them for a steal, so no worries even if they're ventratas.

Quite potent little growers overall, and the ventrata I had received as a cutting has not done as well as they have in the same length of time.

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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#288274

By cjpflaumer -  Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:19 am
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- Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:19 am #288274

this is the smallest pitcher I had developing. It has only a few hairs left, next pitcher from the same growth point will likely be smoothed out.
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Re: Another Lowe's nepenthes ID#291698

By amriko -  Wed May 03, 2017 7:04 am
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- Wed May 03, 2017 7:04 am #291698

I have a ventricosa that looks like that, it's a reddish form from Hawaiian Botanicals. I'm pretty sure that's a ventricosa though, we'll see in a year or so.

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