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N. 'Viking'
What is a Viking?
N. Viking exhibits characteristics desired by Nepenthes
collectors. They have fantastic coloration ranging from pure green to
green with pink highlights, pink, orange tones, red and deep red-purple.
The ultimate and rare Vikings are completely oval with no waist rib, and the
growers in Thailand have given them the classification of "Grade A".
Vikings with a waist rib are referred to by the Thailand growers as "long neck",
and they are not as desired or rare as the Grade A Vikings. We think that
there are some very fine "long neck" forms (Vikings with a waist rib), and the
value is in the eye of the beholder.
Vikings are native to only a few islands in the Andamen Sea
off the west coast of Thailand and a few spots on the mainland. The name
Viking came from a Thai horticulturalist who was reminded of the essence of the
Norse long boats. The Vikings are a new species (we think it's closely related to
N. mirabilis much like N. rowanae of Queensland Australia) and have not
been scientifically described. There is rumor that the scientific name will
be N. globosa . These plants
exude tropical Asian beauty. For the horticulturalist or Nepenthephile
they are a fantastic find.
click on images below to enlarge
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