Neps at Gunung Kledang

[isaacgoh]

Dear members,

Need your help to identify how many types of neps are in this location. I took the pictures and it's very confusing, I suspect there are natural hybrids and different variants within the same family too. I took these pictures over the weekend. Some I suspect to be similar to gracillis or mirabilis. Click on the pictures for a bigger better resolution view.

1)Saw a few nep "trees" like this along the trails.


2)High up in the rocky hill, can't take a close up.


3)Red variety.


4)Unknown type


5)Unknown type


6)Unknown type, dark picture taken inside the shaded part of the jungle. Very little sunlight. Leaves are usually thicker, glossier and greener.


7)Green type


8)Another green type


9)Another interesting type. I thought I saw some are basel pitchers.


10)They grow so compact that I suspect some are basal pitchers.


11)Unknown type


12)Red cap pitcher


13)maroon type


14)Unknown


15)Unknown


16)Unknown green var.


Please help to guess what type it is or let me know how many types are here. I've labeled the pictures by item number. I have some spare with me in KL.

Rgds,
Isaac

[artificialive]

Hi Isaac,
Looking at the leaves and pitchers, most of the plants looks like N. Gracilis, but perhaps from many different varieties. And yes, Gracilis grow basal pitchers like amps. However, in pic number 4, the peristome is quite broad to judge it as Gracilis. Gracilis x Mirabilis perhaps? Maybe other members can help

[David]

Hi Isaac,

They all look like gracilis to me. They look different because some are growing under shade, some under sun, etc. Upper pitchers of gracilis seem to be more green and have a wider opening at the peristome. The leaves and stems all look like gracilis to me.

[isaacgoh]

Hi David,

All the red colored ones and green ones are under full sun too but they produce different colored pitchers. Some are totally green without a trace of red.

Btw, i checked, the red colored ones doesn't grow longer than my fingers. Only the green ones tends to grow about 6 inches.

Also, picture no3 has speckled on the pitchers and produces small pitchers that are pink in colour.

Rgds,
Isaac

[Robert]

I agreed most look like gracilis.Gracilis can be all green,red to maroon,green with red blotches. The red caps probably due to the concentration of red pigment.

[piscesilim]

Where is Gunung Kledang? Could it be Nepenthes sharifah-hapsahii, the new species just discovered recently?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_sharifah-hapsahii
www.ansijournals.com/ijb/2007/71-77.pdf

[zakhren]

On that wiki site it says it was discovered in 2001?

[isaacgoh]

piscesilim said:

Where is Gunung Kledang? Could it be Nepenthes sharifah-hapsahii, the new species just discovered recently?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_sharifah-hapsahii
www.ansijournals.com/ijb/2007/71-77.pdf

Gunung Kledang is located in Ipoh, the foothill is in Menglembu town to be exact. I'm sure there are more varieties but I didn't venture far enough. I thought I saw mirabilis too but I didn't take the picture. Some local nursery owner told me there's at least 3 varieties of neps.

Btw, I looked up the wikipages, while the pitchers looks similar to gracillis, it does have differences. I have seen both gracillis and mirabilis at TS's place, they don't look the same as what I have.