Nepenthes veitchii
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 N. veitchii from Bario, Sarawak
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Nepenthes veitchii (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz vaɪtʃiːaɪ/ or /veɪtʃiːaɪ/, after George Veitch, nurseryman of the Veitch Nurseries), or Veitch's Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a Nepenthes species from the island of Borneo. The plant is widespread in north-western Borneo and can also be found in parts of Kalimantan. N. veitchii usually grows as an epiphyte, though the form from Bario seems to be strictly terrestrial in nature and has not been observed to climb trees.
Frederick William Burbidge described the growth habit of N. veitchii in The Gardeners' Chronicle as follows:[2][1]
I never met with it on the ground anywhere, but in great quantity 20 to 100 feet high on tree-trunks. Its distichous habit is unique, I fancy, and then some of the leaves actually clasp around the trunk just as a man would fold his arms around it in similar circumstances.
Odoardo Beccari found N. veitchii on the top of Mount Santubong in 1865. He wrote the following account of his discovery:[3][1]
This is one of the finest and rarest of all pitcher-plants. [...] Some of the specimens I got measured quite ten inches in length. The mouth of the pitcher in this species is certainly its most conspicuous and remarkable part by reason of its rich orange colour and its vertical position. It is also a perfect trap to entice insects into its interior, attracting them from a distance by its bright colours. Sir Joseph Hooker compares the mouth of the pitchers of N. veitchii to the gills of a fish, to which, indeed, with their narrow lamellae converging to the centre, they bear considerable resemblance.
[edit] Infraspecific taxa
The following infraspecific taxa of N. veitchii have been described. Both are nomina nuda and are not considered valid today.
- Nepenthes veitchii f. barioensis Y.Fukatsu (1999) nom.nud.
- Nepenthes veitchii striata Veitch (1892) nom.nud.
[edit] Natural hybrids
The following natural hybrids involving N. veitchii have been recorded.
- N. albomarginata × N. veitchii[4]
- N. chaniana × N. veitchii[4]
- N. fallax × N. veitchii[4]
- N. fusca × N. veitchii[4] [=?N. hurrelliana]
- N. hurrelliana × N. veitchii [=?(N. fusca × N. veitchii) × N. veitchii]
- N. lowii × N. veitchii[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ Burbidge, F.W. 1882. Notes on the New Nepenthes. The Gardeners' Chronicle Vol. XVII: 56.
- ^ Beccari, O. 1904. Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo. Constable, London.
- ^ a b c d e Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes veitchii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
- De Witte, J. 1996. Nepenthes of Gunung Murud.PDF (567 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25(2): 41–45.
- Dodd, C. 1990. Nepenthes veitchii.PDF (457 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 19(3-4): 106-108.
- Hansen, E. 2001. Where rocks sing, ants swim, and plants eat animals: finding members of the Nepenthes carnivorous plant family in Borneo. Discover 22(10): 60–68.
Miscellaneous: Nepenthes taxonomy • Nepenthes infauna
