Nepenthes 'Kalamity'

Nepenthes 'Kalamity'
Details
Hybrid parentage	("N. anamensis" × N. ventricosa) × ((N. rafflesiana × N. ampullaria) × (N. gracilis × N. khasiana))
Cultivar	Nepenthes 'Kalamity' Hort.Bednar (1994)[1]
Origin	B.L.Bednar & O.C.Bramblett, 1988

Nepenthes 'Kalamity' is a cultivar of a complex manmade hybrid involving N. ampullaria, N. gracilis, N. khasiana, N. rafflesiana, N. ventricosa, and a plant identified as N. anamensis.^{[note a]} It was bred by Bruce Lee Bednar and Orgel Clyde Bramblett in 1988.^[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 first appeared in print in the March 1994 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter as "x kalamity".^[1]

See also

• List of Nepenthes cultivars

Notes

a.^{^} Nepenthes anamensis is now considered a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii, but, like other Indochinese species of the "N. thorelii aggregate", it was the subject of considerable horticultural confusion in the past.^[3][4][5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} 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} Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes 'Kalamity'. Carnivorous Plant Database.
3. ^ McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
4. ^ (Italian) Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia. Prague.
5. ^ Mey, F.S. 2010. The Elusive Nepenthes thorelii.PDF In: S.R. McPherson Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1340–1367.

External links

• Photographs of Nepenthes 'Kalamity'