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Post by dvg on Mar 11, 2020 12:22:59 GMT -5
Also, while I was admiring it, I realised it was looking back at me with its own little eyes peeking out from under the hood!  Perhaps some N. reinwardtiana parentage? This is the first pitcher on this plant I've noticed this in. There are definitely some N. reinwardtiana genes in the mix there Gary - the telltale eye spots as well as that pitcher sweep are a dead giveaway. But that is a darling little pitcher, nonetheless. And it even inspired this little ditty outta me: Lean in closely
He's so cute!
He reminds me
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Post by gj on Mar 11, 2020 14:57:14 GMT -5
Haha I'll read him that to him before his bed time, hopefully give him so motivation to keep doing his thing.
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Post by gj on Apr 22, 2020 8:39:26 GMT -5
A pitcher on one of my NOID's (I call it NOID 4) appears to share at least some of its lineage with the last one I shared (NOID 3), though the eyes on this one are fainter.  |
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Post by gj on Apr 24, 2020 9:05:51 GMT -5
It looks as though one of my NOID's has some activated nodes. Is that what's going on here with that little bit of growth? There's another one below it that is slightly more prominent, but this one was easier to get a picture of since it was right near the top.  |
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Post by bonfield on Apr 24, 2020 13:20:39 GMT -5
Nice! Those new growth points can produce offshoots, but are usually suppressed until the plant is larger/growing in a certain position relative to the soil level, or the apical meristem is damaged/cut for propagation.
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Post by gj on Apr 24, 2020 22:47:09 GMT -5
Thanks Cole, the fact that it is still a relatively small plant was part of why I was surprised to see them look as if maybe they were thinking about growing. I can see the little bumps of the dormant nodes on other plants, but none of them look to actually be poking out like these ones. I was actually wondering if maybe I had triggered them via some sort of stress. This is the same plant that I posted last September with the spotted intermediate pitcher, and that I messaged you later about it having stalled. It has definitely perked up since then, growing some nice new leaves, though the pitchers have yet to return.
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Post by gj on Jun 7, 2020 9:45:07 GMT -5
NOID 1 (the one I had previously asked about regarding the nodes) is finally back on track. Below is the picture of the pitcher which I took a couple days ago, just after it popped, but forgot to share. It has another pitcher that looks like it's going to open soon which has already outsized its sibling below.  |
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Post by gj on Jun 11, 2020 22:42:54 GMT -5
NOID 4's newest pitcher is really showing up NOID 3 (the other reinwardtiana-eyed plant) in size, and is becoming more defined in its shape. The mouth specifically has become much wider and circular compared to the small ovular mouth of the previous pitcher.  |
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Post by dvg on Jun 11, 2020 22:54:44 GMT -5
Haha, i love it! Looks like a bowling pin with eyes...probably even pull off solving a 7-10 split with the help of a pair of those seeing eye "pins". dvg |
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Post by gj on Jun 11, 2020 23:06:38 GMT -5
Great, now I have the ever so slightest bit of an impulse to paint him white, with a red ring around its neck haha.
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Post by gj on Sept 12, 2020 10:29:37 GMT -5
I thought NOID 3 was maybe unhappy with something as its hoods started to grow smaller as the pitchers grew larger, but it seems to be doing it consistently and the pitchers and leaves seem to be healthy, so maybe it's showing some sort of new trait as the pitchers turn more outward. The hoods seem to grow slightly darker than the rest of the pitcher, and are quite thick down the center of the hood. The eyes aren't as obvious on the inner walls of this one, but definitely still there!  |
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