Immature pitcher by rhoing

Immature pitcher

A carnivorous pitcher plant's developing pitcher. (Tagged as a “leaf” because the pitchers are specialized leaves.)

According to Rich, this is Nepenthes x Miranda.
From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_%27Miranda%27
“Nepenthes 'Miranda' is a cultivar of a manmade hybrid involving N. maxima and N. northiana.”

More » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes

This image at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Nepenthaceae_Nepenthes_sp_129605.html

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Nepenthes&rank=genus

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

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I saw this amazing plant somewhere but can't remember where. Will have to look at my photos! Nice to learn some more about it!
March 8th, 2018  
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