Nepenthes bicalcarata named after Latin: bi = two, calcaratus = spu, aka Fanged pitcher plant is commonly found in northen part of Borneo island.
N. bicalcarata plants are one of the largest in the genus, climbing up to 20 m into the forest canopy, the biggest pitcher i had ever known measured as big as a young coconut.
N. bicalcaratas from Sarawak.
Stunning looking red pitcher
Gallery, click on the thumbnail for bigger picture.
Highlight!
Interesting crosses found!
Very rare- N. ampullaria × N. bicalcarata
N. ampullaria × N. bicalcarata
N. ampullaria × N. bicalcarata
N. bicalcarata × N. mirabilis var. echinostoma
1:45 pm on August 15th, 2008 1
hi herman
nice pics of hybrids…..i`ve personally never seen them before. good find.
rgds, tarence
1:50 pm on August 16th, 2008 2
Hi tarence,
Guess what?…You are the first person I’m answering to on this post! he,he..feels weird having my (somewhat or rather) own website or blog or what ever you call it..
Yup, nice pics. Josh took good photos of those beauties..He found those nice crosses too. Very lucky guy!
So whats up with you bro?
12:55 pm on August 20th, 2008 3
Heheh, so I have the honour of being the recipient of your first reply. Good to know. I`m fine. Still krazy about CPs…..what about yourself ? still crazy ? *smile*
11:12 pm on August 22nd, 2008 4
Hi Herman!
Simply stunning.Why is the red bicalcarata pics have it’s roots coming out?
I’ve heard that bicalcarata stems can climb up too 50 metres.
Thanx!
ALI
11:59 am on August 25th, 2008 5
Hi Ali, I actually collected the specimen home.
12:02 pm on August 25th, 2008 6
The N. ampullaria × N. bicalcarata specimen is doing well in my yard, will post the picture once the first pitcher produced.
2:25 pm on September 2nd, 2008 7
[...] Full gallery of N. Bicalcarata. [...]
1:41 pm on September 17th, 2008 8
Thanx Herman,
There’s no mirabilis echinostoma genes in that cross!
Anyway thanx for the reply,
ALI
12:47 pm on September 18th, 2008 9
U mean the last picture?
10:12 am on October 22nd, 2008 10
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4:54 pm on December 5th, 2008 11
Yes Joshua.
The last picture does not have any mirabilis var echinostoma.How can you tell it’s a mirabilis var echinostoma cross?
Thanx!
3:37 pm on January 6th, 2009 12
Your are right Ali, i think its my mistake. It should be Nepenthes ×cantleyi instead.
10:51 pm on January 16th, 2009 13
[...] N. Bicalcarata – pink. [...]