Very informative for a beginner like me. I used to browse the internet to find these information and by the time I finish I forget everything. But this like all in one video. Very helpful.
Oh wow! The Ventata, St Gaya and Briggsiana were my first three neps!! I bought them from my local nursery. They only had the scientific names so it’s cool to learn their more common names! Thanks for the awesome info
Thank you for this! I had been trying to figure out what I had for years because I bought mine from a hardware store and it just said, “Pitcher Plant”. Now I am 100% positive it’s a Miranda.
I got one from a cutting I made from my ex her plant. It was in a bad state. It only had one all dried up pitcher that had a panthera pattern. And it wad very tall and tried to climb. (She just didn't have anything it could climb on) My cutting doesn't have pitchers yet. But the leaves are long, they get wider before ending in a smooth pointy tip where the pitchers come from. It also has very small hairs. Mine is just starting to develop pitchers, so I'm curious what it'll look like.
Amazing. I'm a total beginner. during this video, you inspired me to sketch out and identify different parts of my plant and to mindfully think about the features of my plant. I'm sure it's just a common home variety but I learned a ton about my plant while watching this video. Looking forward to learning more during this summer with my first Napenthes.
Great Video which helped me a lot to get a first overview. With this I could safely identify my Miranda that I once won at a fair and since then is now my most popular plant for many years:-). Thanks a lot for your work on all the nice videos.
Yes i research the main species first. Like i got a tagged "noid x (rafflesiana x viking) for very cheap cos seller couldn't remember the noid species, and I was trying to find out what it could be, and arrived that it resembles a mirabilis after looking also at his other neps as he grows from seeds, to see which seeds he possibly got. But it is still juvenile, need iD again when it matures.
Great video man. I've learned a lot from the vid. Can you make a video for nepenthes hybridization guide? Like what traits are dominant and most probably retained by their offspring? Thanks
this is very helpful information! most of mine have come with ID but i just received 3 unidentified seedlings. now i know what to look for in, hopefully, 6 months or so.
Don't get Gardencenter and others buy the Plants from a Seller? I mean seriously they have to get the "Name" from them or not? It means to me that the acutal Growers don't know what they're growing or what? But yes I also have seen the Store which the Gardencenters get their Plants from are also selling their Plants on Amazon in Germany and the also classify the Ventrata as a Alata. In April my Gardenceter will have carnivoures Plants again and I heard that they could have a Nepenthes x Miranda and maybe a Nepenthes x Gaya. Last Year they just had a little Ventrata which I bought because I haven't had one in my Collection because until then I had only a Nepenthes x Bloody Mary, so it was also my second Nepenthes. My Ventrata is also a fast grower because she is almost bigger then my Bloody Mary and was at the Beginnig of last Years Spring much smaller and had only four little Pitchers.
There is pretty good evidence, and a number of collectors I know believe that x ventrata is more likely a hybrid between ventricosa and gracilifora (which was only relatively recently considered a separate species from alata)
@@somedude7040 That's super dry... Even for us, it's recommended to have 30-40% in house during winter. I don't know if Nepenthes can pitcher with so little humidity in fact. I never got that dry.
@@WindowsillNepenthes, yes, that's what I'm afraid of. I did have success with N x 'Velvet,' but I haven't found it again and I lost the original plant (I don't remember how). I'm gonna try again with some hybrids. I have N x 'Gaya' and N x 'Bloody Mary' basal shoots. I'll give it a shot with one of each if they root by August or September. I'll let you know what happens.
@@WindowsillNepenthes Thank you. I was wondering if they were juveniles. I am new to nephentes and it is surprising how similar looking they are in their juvenile stage.
@@WindowsillNepenthes alright then gotta wait hehe i feed the plant a tiny worm every week in one of its 4 pitchers so i guess it shouldnt take that long
