N. burkei

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Fri, 4 Jun 93 15:43:03 PDT

>>Other Nepenthes info from Bruce,
>>He will sell N. truncata for $100 per plant in late fall.
>>N. truncalata is a 1989 hybrid made by Bruce and O. Clyde Bramblett made
>>between N. truncata and N. alata.
>>N. x margaretea is N. * (kampotiana x ventricosa).
>>N. x yarosis is N. * (truncata x alata) x (kampotiana x ventricosa)
>>About N. burkei:
>>"I don't feel N. burkei is in cultivation. It is just N. ventricosa. The
>>main difference was in the angle of the peristome - one is flat and the
>>other at an angle - I'm sure this is just natural variation. Danser's
>>description is of a different, more pubescent plant. When Turnbull and
>>Middleton went to the Phillippines to locate and collect herbarium specimens
>>none were found. The type locale had been destroyed for man's progress.
>>I don't believe this is a valid species - perhaps it was 100 years ago but
>>not now...

This is counter to what I've seen. Rick has what is supposed
to be N. burkei. It's similar to ventricosa, but has a maroon
colored upper pitcher, which I've never seen ventricosa do.