Re: _Nepenthes bicalcarata_ hybrids
Robert Beer (bbeer@u.washington.edu)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:17:41 -0700 (PDT)
> 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.
I guess the next step would be to do a backcross to N. bicalcarata and see
if you could get some of the other characteristics into a fanged plant.
bob