Re: _Nepenthes bicalcarata_ hybrids

Oliver T Massey CFS (massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:03:46 -0400 (EDT)

> >>I don't believe I have ever seen a picture of a cross with N.
> >>bicalcarata and anything - do they exist?
> >
> >
> >There have been hybrids with bicalcarata, but from what I've heard
> >many lack the "fangs" of the bicalcarata parent so the results are
> >nondescript. (...)
>
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> Two hybrids involving _N.bicalcarata_ have been published so far:
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> N. * cantleyi nom.nud. is _N.bicalcarata * N.gracilis_.
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> N. * 'Nina Dodd' (cf. J.T.Robinson, CPN 17:20, 1988) is
> _N.bicalcarata * ((N.northiana * N.maxima) * (N.rafflesiana *
> N.veitchii))_.
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>
> Kind regards Jan

I have a N. bicalcarata * N. khasiana hybrid. It is a relatively young plant
so it may change, but right now the pitchers are very much like N. khasiana.
There are no fangs and the only visible (pitcher) influence of bical. is the
more stocky, robust appearance of the trap and a somewhat deeper color. The
bical. seems to influence the stocky growth of the plant including a very short
internodal distance and the form of the leaves - as well as the slow rate of
growth.

Tom in Fl