>...
> New Nepenthes species:
> Is N. ovata the same species as the N. pectinata from Kondo's book
> "CP of the World"?. There's photos in the CPN from March/June 1990 issue
> that I assume shows some of the new species. On p. 21, "New Nep. sp.
> from G. Pangulabao" - is that N. ovata also? The line drawing in the
> current CPN looks more like the N. pectinata in the Kondo book that the one
> on p. 21 (the pitcher with the wide, brown peristome - the pink pitcher to
> the left in the same photo looks like N. rhombicaulis).
It is the plant pictured in Kondo's book as N. pectinata. However
that is clearly not true (nowadays N. pectinata (the one that was
really pectinata _that_ _time_) is N. singalana anyway and N.
pectinata is a nomen nudum (see Schlauer & Nerz in Blumea)). N. ovata
is most close to N. carunculata but not very close to N. singalana
which now includes the former N. pectinata.
;-)
>
> On p. 22 of the March/June 1990, is the N. treubiana shown actually
> N. longifolia? Is a "real" N. treubiana ever "hipped" as in the
> photo?
The plant pictured in CPN as N. treubiana is _not_ treubiana but N.
sumatrana. Real N. treubiana only occurs in Irian Jaya. However N.
longifolia is clearly distinct from N. sumatrana. N. treubiana is also
clearly distinct from N. sumatrana. I recollected type specimens of N.
treubiana in Irian Jaya (original types got lost in WWII) and they
differ from the Sumatran plant which (from our view) was erroneously
united with the Sumatran plant by Danser.
>
>
> On p. 23, is N. bongso actually N. talangensis?
Type specimens of N. bongso are most close to N. carunculata so that
Matthew Jebb, who's also here on the list intends to unite both. We
(Joe and myself) do not yet agree completely (;-)) however maybe
Matthew could comment ;-)
However you're right that the plant pictured in CPN is not N. bongso but
N. talangensis. The only record of N. bongso in more recent times was
by J. and M. deWitte who also photographed the plant.
All the best
Andreas
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