Nepenthes veitchii 'K'

[eOrchids]

Just though to share a pic of my ultimate favorite carnivorous plant; Nepenthes veitchii 'K'.

Nepenthes veitchii 'K' is a very rare Nepenthes variety. It is very well known for its striped permistone. When the pitchers first open, the striped permistone is revealed as shown below.

(One of the earlier pitchers)

But overtime, as the permistone ages it gets darker and darker as shown below.

Whole plant as of today.

What I find most interesting about this particular plant is that the permistone stays flared and not pulled back which is not seen often within Nepenthes veitchii...just a thought to share.

 

[Marco]

Thats a pretty cool looking pitcher.

Thanks for sharing Eric!

 

[Migrant13]

Wow that's awesome.

 

[SlipperFan]

Cool!

 

[rdlsreno]

Nice N. veithchii !!! Yeay! another person who also like Nepenthes! Where can you get N. veithchii 'K'?

Ramon

 

[eOrchids]

Nice N. veithchii !!! Yeay! another person who also like Nepenthes! Where can you get N. veithchii 'K'?

Ramon

They are to come by. The place I bought this veitchii 'K' closed!

 

[SFLguy]

Nice plant! I've been looking into getting a veitchii for a while but I want to make sure I've got the hand of other neps first before going for that one

 

[eOrchids]

Nice plant! I've been looking into getting a veitchii for a while but I want to make sure I've got the hand of other neps first before going for that one

It is actually one of the easiest Nepenthes I have grown. If you have grown ventricosa or sanguniea then you can definately grow a veitchii.

 

[My Green Pets]

It's a beauty! There's a German nursery that sells all kinds of Nepenthes species. I don't remember the name but I know you can find it through Brad's Greenhouse videos on Youtube. He ordered a ton and makes regular video updates on them.

 

[paphioboy]

Very nice. The 'K' clone is easy and one of the more warmth-tolerant veitchiis. I have one but the peristome is more uniformly green, not striped.

 

[eOrchids]

Very nice. The 'K' clone is easy and one of the more warmth-tolerant veitchiis. I have one but the peristome is more uniformly green, not striped.

I would like to see a pic of it sometime!

 

[paphioboy]

Here you go

This was a few months after I got it..



More recent, fresh after opening with a flatter peristome:


After a few days open:

 

[paphioboy]

I re-looked at the second pic of your plant, Eric. Looks similar (to my non-CP trained eye) like robcantleyi (formerly truncata 'black'), although the leaves are not as deeply lobed like truncata. I have never seen a veitchii with such a dark peristome at maturity.. Hope you propagate it

 

[eOrchids]

Nice veitchii 'K'!

I can see how one can be confused between this veitchii 'K' to a robcantleyi (which I own as well btw). But there are differences like the leaves as you mentioned, hairs and pitcher shape.