N. veitchii - Bario Highland - grex # 1

Also with limited availability at larger sizes, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME - but only while stocks last!Returning for Oct 2024Note:The plants under this item are all resulting from a seed harvest taken from one female seed head, which we refer to as a ‘grex’. In this case we have called it ‘grex # 1’. This species is a top favourite for many growers. Endemic to the island of Borneo where it usually grows as an epiphyte, it produces magnificent pitchers, with hugely flared peristomes. Pitcher bodies have a wonderful velvety texture and peristomes vary a great deal in colour – ranging from pink, through gold, to bronze. Sometimes peristomes are a single colour, and others can be candy-striped. There are endless variations that often don’t become fully apparent until plants mature.This particular item is a random selection from hundreds of different clones, being a mixture obtained from an entire seed head. It was created in our nurseries from mother plants, which themselves are selected clones from seed-raised individuals. Both male and female parents are of the Bario form of the species.As might be expected, the plants we are seeing are highly variable. Peristome colouration ranges from pure gold to candy striped and pitcher bodies vary from gold to pink, with all sorts of variations in between. Most pitchers are squat but some are not. The huge number of clones involved in this cross makes this item particularly interesting, since it’s unlikely that two identical individuals will be present in any particular shipment.This item differs from BE-4033 in that both sets of parent plants are different clones and have different appearances. Therefore, the coloration and form are likely to vary significantly between this item and BE-4033.History:First introduced in Dec 2016.Origin:Horticultural, bred from specimen parent plants. The female parent is the pure gold form, with our Collection ID# 0191 and the male parent has a candy-striped peristome and pink pitcher body, with our collection ID# 0197.Source:Random assortment from hundreds of different clones, all from the same grex of seeds – see note.Photo notes:Photos are of representative clones and may not be identical to plants shipped. The last two photos in the series are of the actual parent plants.Climate:Highland This species is a top favourite for many growers. Endemic to the island of Borneo where it usually grows as an epiphyte, it produces magnificent pitchers, with hugely flared peristomes. Pitcher bodies have a wonderful velvety texture and peristomes vary a great deal in colour – ranging from pink, through gold, to bronze. Sometimes peristomes are a single colour, and others can be candy-striped. There are endless variations that often don’t become fully apparent until plants mature. This particular item is a random selection from hundreds of different clones, being a mixture obtained from an entire seed head. It was created in our nurseries from mother plants, which themselves are selected clones from seed-raised individuals. Both male and female parents are of the Bario form of the species. As might be expected, the plants we are seeing are highly variable. Peristome colouration ranges from pure gold to candy striped and pitcher bodies vary from gold to pink, with all sorts of variations in between. Most pitchers are squat but some are not. The huge number of clones involved in this cross makes this item particularly interesting, since it’s unlikely that two identical individuals will be present in any particular shipment. This item differs from BE-4033 in that both sets of parent plants are different clones and have different appearances. Therefore, the coloration and form are likely to vary significantly between this item and BE-4033. History:First introduced in Dec 2016. Origin:Horticultural, bred from specimen parent plants. The female parent is the pure gold form, with our Collection ID# 0191 and the male parent has a candy-striped peristome and pink pitcher body, with our collection ID# 0197. Source:Random assortment from hundreds of different clones, all from the same grex of seeds – see note. Photo notes:Photos are of representative clones and may not be identical to plants shipped. The last two photos in the series are of the actual parent plants. Climate:Highland