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A beautiful hybrid combining the vigor of spathulata and the gorgeous campanulata pitcher shape and peristome opening!
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Love the campy shape to these pitchers! September 2020
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Love having the green bodies and dark peristome on this plant - nice contrast to all the reds! September 2020
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Love the shape! The peristome eventually turns black, I always want to take pictures before it gets that dark though! October 2020
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From Borneo Exotics on BE-3458: "Random selection from seed-grown and 4 clones. The female parent is our selected clone of Nepenthes spathulata, with wide purple peristome and green pitcher body, sold under BE-3175 and the male parent is a selected clone of the highly distinctive species, Nepenthes campanulata, sold under BE-3044."
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I received my plant as a rooted cutting from another Nepenthes hobbyist, Matt Velasquez, in March 2020, just as COVID19 quarantine started. Staying at home 24-7 has definitely increased my plant collection by leaps and bounds! This particular spathulata x campanulata was from the very first time Borneo Exotics crossed the two species and was from the seed grown set of individuals they first offered to the public. This is NOT the clone they selected for tissue culture in BE-3796, which is a pity because this particular individual is vastly superior to the TC clone in my opinion.
I love having variety in my collection, and this particular hybrid's lime green exterior and dark campanulata- shaped peristome looks very cool in contrast to the dark reds of my other pitcher plants! An easy and vigorous grower in intermediate conditions, I bet it would do well in a variety of other conditions as well. Mine tends to develop some black mold on the pitchers, probably because I fertilize with MaxSea and that stuff really accelerates mold growth. It's unsightly but easy to wipe off and completely harmless.
I love having variety in my collection, and this particular hybrid's lime green exterior and dark campanulata- shaped peristome looks very cool in contrast to the dark reds of my other pitcher plants! An easy and vigorous grower in intermediate conditions, I bet it would do well in a variety of other conditions as well. Mine tends to develop some black mold on the pitchers, probably because I fertilize with MaxSea and that stuff really accelerates mold growth. It's unsightly but easy to wipe off and completely harmless.
Update December 2020
Wow look at that campy waist and wide mouth! Love the gentle fade from lime green to brooding red and black!
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Gorgeous contrast between the black peristome/waxy zone and the green pitcher!
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I absolutely love how this plant is maturing! The shape and size of the pitchers is getting better and bigger, while the plant itself is staying SUPER compact thanks to its tight internodes! Love campanulata hybrids!
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Love the BRIGHT green of newly opened pitchers! The front of the peristome also has a very cute spur!
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One of my favorites. So elegant!
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Little basal fighting its way through the sphagnum moss
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Current Growing Conditions: Warm Intermediate Terrarium
Light: ~170 PPFD or 9730 Lux under 4000K LED shoplights
- Leaves turn bronzy in good light
Humidity: ~90% night and 67% day
Temperature: ~68F night and 85F day
Water: Moist but not wet
Potting Mix: 50% long fibered sphagnum moss 50% perlite
Fertilizer: MaxSea (1/4 tsp/gallon) every other week into pitchers
Additional Notes: Pitchers prone to black mold (easily wiped off but annoying). Dramatic color change between new and old pitchers!
Light: ~170 PPFD or 9730 Lux under 4000K LED shoplights
- Leaves turn bronzy in good light
Humidity: ~90% night and 67% day
Temperature: ~68F night and 85F day
Water: Moist but not wet
Potting Mix: 50% long fibered sphagnum moss 50% perlite
Fertilizer: MaxSea (1/4 tsp/gallon) every other week into pitchers
Additional Notes: Pitchers prone to black mold (easily wiped off but annoying). Dramatic color change between new and old pitchers!