Why can't I find plain species?

[Hikenyura]

For some reason, I find it kind of difficult to find a non-clone/ non-cultivar nepenthes. I cant find a ventricosa, but i can find a ventricosa "red", I cant find a sanguinea but i can find a sanguinea pink and sanguinea orange. Can some tell me how to get them or you can just message me.

[Clint]

It's fine to freely talk about vendors here, you just can't offer to buy/trade/sell publicly.

Off the top of my head, flytrapshop.com sells N. sanguinea and blackjungle.com sells N. ventricosa.

[glider14]

since they are all variable.... they are all ventricosa. just may not have the same color. look at people. im tall with brown curly hair. a tall person with blonde straight hair is the same thing...just a variability. unless a nursery is lazy and just lables it N. ventricosa, you getting some color form.

[adnedarn]

I don't see how not giving the descriptor makes a nursery "lazy". What is being discussed here is just a descriptor and not the accepted name, so it is not mandatory. I don't list it as N. sanguinea "orange" on my site since you can see it is orange in the pictures, and the accepted name is simply Nepenthes sanguinea. Also, my store software doesn't allow for that length of a name. It is noted in the description though. Obviously if someone wanted to verify it was the "orange" pitchered plant, or the red version of Ventricosa and it isn't listed anywhere, a simple email to the store should be able to give that information.

-Andrew

[jm82792]

I have had a few ventricosa they can have some big variations.

[glider14]

but when you have no picture and just have "N. sanguinea"....its luck of the draw! i fully agree that if there is a picture of it then a discription would not be needed.

i agree there are many variants out there. Ventricosa squat, red, squat red, green, 'E'(and all of the other EP clones), porceline. there are many. you just have to look.

Alex