Nepenthes 'Alta May'

Nepenthes 'Alta May'
Details
Hybrid parentage	N. distillatoria × N. ventricosa
Cultivar	Nepenthes 'Alta May' Hort.Bednar (1994)[1]
Origin	B.L.Bednar & O.C.Bramblett, 1989

Nepenthes 'Alta May' is a cultivar of a manmade hybrid between N. distillatoria and N. ventricosa. It was bred by Bruce Lee Bednar and Orgel Clyde Bramblett in 1989.^[1][2] This cultivar name is not established as it was published without a description, violating Article 24.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.^[2] It is a synonym of N. × butcheri^[2] and was originally published in the March 1994 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter as "x butcherii var. “Alta May”".^[1] Bednar and Bramblett listed its parentage as "distillatoria rubra x ventricosa (pink)".^[1]

See also

• List of Nepenthes cultivars

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Bednar, B.L. & O.C. Bramblett 1994. Nepenthes hybrid crosses made by: Bruce Lee Bednar & Orgel Clyde Bramblett. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 23(1): 4.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes 'Alta May'. Carnivorous Plant Database.

External links

• Photographs of Nepenthes 'Alta May'