Re: CP

Jan Schlauer (zxmsl01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)
Thu, 18 Nov 1993 15:31:16 +0100

Don, you wrote:
>There's a photo of N. rhombicaulis in Kondo's book, and in CPN: March+June
>1990, p. 21. Kondo's N. rhombicaulis looks like the N. gymnamphora photo
>in CPN (below) from p. 14.
(...)
>There's a photo of N. gymnamphora in CPN, March 1984, on cover and on p. 14.
>This species has an oval pitcher. Leaf part is very small in comparison
>to the pitcher.

The CPN _N.gymnamphora_ photo (p.14) is quite certainly IDed correctly,
showing the short and small rosette leaves.
Also, Kondo's _N.rhombicaulis_ may be correct, the lower pitchers being not
that diagnostic. You need long shoots to see the angular internodes!

>Other than the hairs on N. hirsuta plants, there is not much else to
>distinguish this species.

Correct.

>N. thorellii looks a little like N. gracilis in growth habit.

Internodes with decurrent leaf wings: yes, pitchers: no!

>Pitchers can be green or completely red/pink.

This is the case with almost *all* species of _Nepenthes_.

> Pitchers are fatter than N.gracilis.

Yes.
Kind regards
Jan