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I got this plant as unknown N. glabrata hybrid at a very small size in June 2002. It has increased in size considerable since then. Judging from the pitchers and overall look of the plant, I am quite confident that this plant is not a hybrid, it is in fact a pure N. glabrata. N. glabrata is a very small species growing in mossey forest in Sulawesi. This still young plant is growing in a 6cm pot and produces pitchers about 3cm high. This N. glabrata has quite large distances between its internodes, which is quite unusual for Nepenthes still growing lower pitcher rosettes. Of course this is not due to low light levels, as can be seen from the colouration of the stem.
Update 24.10.2003:
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The diameter of this plant hasn't increased by much in the last ten months but the pitchers look more typical and got much larger. Under high light levels the new leafes are deep purple in colour an they turn to a more normal green after some months.
Update 1.12.2003:
With lower temperatures especially during nights the first mature looking lower pitcher has emerged. :-)
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This clone is much larger in size than my other clone. It is nearly as twice as large. Of course this may be also due to the different age of both plants, even though the rosettes haven't increased in size with the last few leafes. The pitchers produced are also considerable different being much more bulbous. They reach a size of about 5cm. The pitchers look much more similar to the lower pitcher of N. glabrata Peter D'Amato shows in his book "The savage Garden" (p. 265). The overall appearance of both clones is quite similar though.
