I do not find this view offensive, but from what I understand the red (or
even the all green) flytraps available today were merely a few red plants
that were found in the wild which were then either selfed or crossed with
other reddish plants and the offspring selected out for color (or lack of it,
or dentation, etc.) The parents represented the extremes of the wild
population, but were still 'natural', if odd, color forms. The offspring are
too dissimilar to the parents, only much more numerous!
And I would find it difficult to find a 'typical' Nepenthes maxima,
sanguinea, albo-marginata, or ampullaria which all come in a variety of color
forms and/or shapes and sizes. I do have an appreciation of species over
man-made hybrids, however it is great fun to hybridize CP since many new F1
crossed can be made (at least in Nepenthes). I don't think they should ever
take the place of the species [species being a man-made biological division
anyway], especially in Botanic Gardens. Species collections can only become
more necessary as wild stocks dwindle. Still, some hybrids can be beautiful
given the wealth of untapped breeding stock available. They are often of
easier growth than the species and can lead one into a lifetime interested in
CP.
Cliff