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Time Lapse page |
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In our first time lapse you can
join us watching a young Nepenthes truncata grow and learn how a pitcher
develops. In the background
(right) you can see a Nepenthes ventricosa x northiana growing. |
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| July 15, 2004 | July 18, 2004 | July 22, 2004 The older truncata pitcher in the back shows a developing Necrosis, probably caused by the numerous ants this plant is capturing every day. Otherwise it is still in a good condition |
July 24, 2004 | July 26, 2004 | July 28, 2004 | July 30, 2004 | August 1, 2004 The next leaf is about to emerge |
August 3, 2004 | August 5, 2004 Upon close observation it can be seen that the lid of the pitcher becomes 'loose' |
August 7, 2004 Pitcher is open now, not much color yet to see, except deep inside. |
August 9, 2004 |
August 11, 2004 The pitcher of N. ventricosa x northiana is opening |
August 13, 2004 | August 15, 2004 Our time lapse project is running now for exactly one month! |
August 17, 2004 |
August 19, 2004 | August 21, 2004 Oops, no update. Beach break :) |
August 23, 2004 | August 26,
2004 Meanwhile all plants are moved to our green house, under one or two layers of shade cloth. Weather is thanks to a super typhoon extremely rainy and dark. |
August 28,
2004 The hybrid on the right is about to open the next pitcher and even the one after that (in this picture) is about to inflate soon. Note also the increase of leaf size. |
August 30,
2004 Below the next pitcher of the hybrid can be seen. It is a lot bigger, note also the size of the following leaf (above). |
September 2, 2004 It looks like we can call it a 'cycle'. From now we only might put some sporadic updates of pitchers etc. |
October 3, 2004 This is the same but turned a little bit, to expose the new pitcher. It is significantly bigger than the old ones that are already wilting. |
January 24, 2005 The pretty pitcher of the October 3 image is already wilting in the background. You can see the next two pitchers here. The latest pitcher is already competing in size with 2 year old N. alata. The pot suddenly seems small compared to the plant... |
March 15, 2005 Finally the opening of the pitcher gets more of that exciting 'upper' look. Also the wings are partially missing. Size? Sure always bigger, better... :) |
April 30, 2005 This pitcher was formed during the worst of the dry season and during our absence. As you can see the peristome and lid is crippled. |
July 25,
2005 The tendril and the pitcher became fatter this time. You can see that the rainy season helped this plant to recover. The greenhouse has in the meantime vertical plastic walls to keep wind out and humidity high. |
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