N. Gracilis ++

[artificialive]

Hello all,
Its 5 p.m, and its time to go back home from my lab. The usual road was jam, so i decided to use the alternate road/ short cut, passing some construction site. Guess what, i found some gracilis growing in the wild there but sadly enough, they are like waiting to die, leaving them scorched under the hot sun.

here are some pics:

putting some basal shoots:


a bit deformed pitcher:


other pics:






Question:
is this the stout gracilis version? they seem to be short and fat. Hmm..

And interestingly, they seem to have a thin white band (not so clear in these pics, used phone camera) on the pitcher.. is this normal to gracilis?

[David]

It is not stout form Naj. The stout form is realy stout and globose. Here's a picture of my plant. I think I might have posted in the forum before. Anyway, just for those who have not seen it before:



Interesting white band that you mention. Can you go back there and take a macro shot?

The area seems to be very dry and the plants look kinda stressed with sunburn on their leaves.

[artificialive]

Thanks for the pic David.
Yah, ur gracilis seems to be more globose than the pics i captured.
Maybe i shall go to the site again tomoro to check the white band, bringing a better cam for macro shots its a quiet place among factory buildings, with some construcion workers 'lepak' there. must be a bit careful ;D
thanks for viewing and the comments..!

[jgriffin]

I think the stout form is commonly called "sport."
Nice photos.

Cheers,

Joe

[plantlover]

Wah!The stout form gracilis looks so fat and cute.

[artificialive]

got back from the place again, with some more clearer shots:











any ideas abt the white band?

[David]

Interesting! Could it have been crossed with albomarginata? Are there any albo growing in that area, say 50-100 meters radious?

[David]

Thanks Joe! Now I know how to correctly call my "stout" gracilis. So it should be N. gracilis (sport)?