February 2009.
I was looking forward to observe Nepenthes bicalcarata when I visited Borneo. It is supposed to be a spectacular species. The best population I saw grows in Mulu where the plants were indeed stunning. The leaf ratio is not impressive (like for instance N. truncata) as the pitchers seem, most of the time small compared to the length of the leaves (up to 1 meter per leaf) but the pitchers from the Mulu plants were huge: 25-30 cm long, sometimes a bit more!
This was arguably one of the highlights of my Sarawakian journey and a lingering memory.
This was arguably one of the highlights of my Sarawakian journey and a lingering memory.
So yeah, like me, you can grow N. bicalcarata in a tank but be warned. It's ridiculous!
cool thats interesting
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ReplyDeleteHi! i'm from the philippines, i have a N. ventricosa bicol and i want to collect few interesting nepenthes.. I really like N. bicalcarata, here in the philippines selling hybrids, but i don't want hybrids. But i really want the original N. bicalcarata. i don't know how to get few of those plants. Do you know how? here's my email: inomaru_savage_wolf@yahoo.com
Great photos! Some of the best I've seen for giving a feel for the scale of these plants.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteWhat you should do is to contact Volker Heinrich: he lives in the Philippines and have set a Nepenthes nursery there recently. He mainly imports plants (from Borneo Exotics)and there's a strong chance that he can help you to get N. bicalcarata
http://pitcher-plants.com/
All the best,
François.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is interesting. I live in Songkhla in the south of Thailand. There are some pitchers in the forest around here but I have no opportunity to explore them. Usually I look for wild orchids when I have time in the forest. I am just starting collecting some of them. So I enjoy your stories of Nepenthes in the wild.