I created at least these 8 hybrids using x splendiana as the mother: - [[Nepenthes Josefita]] - [[Nepenthes Los Alamos]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x x mixta]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x vogelii]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x ((maxima x stenophylla) x lowii)]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x (eymae x ephippiata)]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x (lowii x campanulata)]] - [[Nepenthes x splendiana x (spectabilis x mira)]] --- ## Plant 1 (original) By my records, I grew this plant from about 2012-02 till 2018-07, so about 6.5 years. ### Chronology #### 2012-02-25 Early pitcher not long after acquisition. Indoors, under lights. At this point it's growing in the [[Calcined clay and perlite|calcined clay & perlite mix]]. [[Nepenthes St Lidwina|St. Lidwina]] (x splendiana x ramispina) photobombing in the background. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10174376555/in/album-72157647417495448" title="splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7310/10174376555_ef1eb4b19b_w.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana"/></a> #### 2012-08-26 Six months later. Growing outdoors for the summer, a few hours of afternoon sun. The peristomes produced a lot of nectar, which often got moldy. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/9656636341/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana_a4"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3777/9656636341_da6b4435c3_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana_a4"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/9659867182/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana_a3"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5491/9659867182_c299dddebd_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana_a3"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/9656636271/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana_a2"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3817/9656636271_4eae8f04fc_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="N. splendiana_a2"/></a> #### 2012-10-21 Two months later. Back indoors, first seeds maturing. Windowsill growing. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10174535654/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana flowers"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/2817/10174535654_8a3bed97eb_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana flowers"/></a> #### 2013-06-13 New growing location, one year later. First photo courtsey of [[Mason McNair]]. The plant was enjoying an open-air position on my grow room, with vertical T8 fluorescent lighting + reflective mylar. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/9081112100/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana_1"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7420/9081112100_8c025bdd8a_n.jpg" width="213" height="320" alt="splendiana_1"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10172783046/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana and friends"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/2857/10172783046_0b05b27b79_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="splendiana and friends"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10172604764/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana and friends"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7455/10172604764_b53cc2b8db_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana and friends"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10172717455/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7449/10172717455_2c57f1e5bc_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10172783666/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5477/10172783666_affa718214_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="splendiana"/></a> #### 2013-11-08 Seeds of [[Nepenthes x splendiana x ((maxima x stenophylla) x lowii)]]. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/10907639716/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="splendiana x (maxima x (stenophylla x lowii))"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5488/10907639716_9ff5bf0d52_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="splendiana x (maxima x (stenophylla x lowii))"/></a> #### 2014-03-14 Perfect uppers. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15295005281/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5570/15295005281_67475f6d5a_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15111441660/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3891/15111441660_70d2e1fc0f_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> #### 2014-05-17 Preparing to move to a new residence! x splendiana is the large plant in the foreground. Two and a quarter years since my first photos. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/14191129810/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Moving to Richmond"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5513/14191129810_ffdb0b81c7_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Moving to Richmond"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/14376244502/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Moving to Richmond"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3906/14376244502_450c46063e_n.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Moving to Richmond"/></a> #### 2014-09-07 Four months later, mostly recovered after the move. The plant is now growing in a large window of an old factory building converted into apartments and getting plenty of afternoon sun. Still in 100% inorganic media, which required frequent watering. Large 8" upper, one of the biggest it ever produced. Fresh, then aged. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15297855882/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5556/15297855882_f13657c082_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15111669707/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5581/15111669707_9c1e639a70_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> Intermediates. I never got many lowers on this plant, probably because the base received too little light. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15297855612/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5573/15297855612_f05915e046_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15111630478/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="N. splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3865/15111630478_b8347efe39_n.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="N. splendiana"/></a> Even though these pitchers are >1 meter up the vine, sometimes the tendril lacks a distinct coil. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15111492917/in/album-72157647417495448" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3903/15111492917_8e271117d7_w.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15275005796/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3911/15275005796_69c2d42809_w.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15111452738/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5596/15111452738_95d88c6d25_w.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/15275005686/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3846/15275005686_c83c63ea50_w.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> #### 2016-05-19 Settling into the new residence. It's in the near row, right corner of the growing station below. Click for a larger view on Flickr. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/26514785463/in/album-72157644377418333" title="Grow area 2, May 2016"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7334/26514785463_f3cdd2f1f3_n.jpg" width="360" height="640" alt="Grow area 2, May 2016"/></a> #### 2016-09-17 The root mass growing in [[Calcined clay and perlite|calcined clay & perlite 1:1]] after 4.5 years. About to be repotted into 100% perlite for transitioning to drip irrigation. It would go on to grow in 100% perlite, hydroponically, until 2018-07, so for nearly two years. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/29837740622/in/album-72157647417495448" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5712/29837740622_4b858be760_w.jpg" width="225" height="400" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/29837735382/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5183/29837735382_8b3d1603ca_w.jpg" width="225" height="400" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/29837726192/in/album-72157647417495448/" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7477/29837726192_9a0379f7a5_z.jpg" width="360" height="640" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> ___ ## Plant 2 (cutting) This cutting was taken from plant 1. #### 2015-08-16 Growing in 100% [[Nepenthes in rockwool|Grodan rockwool mini cubes]] in this photo. 1 gal. US nursery pot. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60359429@N08/20624831732/in/album-72157647417495448" title="Nepenthes splendiana"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/734/20624831732_04b93f13e9_w.jpg" width="360" height="640" alt="Nepenthes splendiana"/></a> ___ ## Plant 3 (cutting) This cutting was taken from plant 1 as well. ##### 2016-03-06 In the photos of below it's been growing in 100% perlite, [[Nepenthes in hydroponics 1|hydroponically]] in a recirculating drip irrigation system. Fifteen of the 18 leaves pictured were grown in that system. [](https://flic.kr/p/EuYMBs) [](https://flic.kr/p/EuYJa7) Roots after growing hydroponically for several months: [](https://flic.kr/p/ELEbnm)