Laos

(Check the above map to see the notes)

1) Vientiane, that’s the main city. A specimen has been found of what I’m calling on my website “Sp.4”. Nong reports: “On the 16 March 2004, a plant collector from Laos sent me some samples of Nepenthes found in Laos. I noticed that they came in 2 types: one with long, cylindrical pitchers and the other with shorter traps. They looked like the usual Thai N. thorelii, and that’s what we all believed they were. But yesterday, 21 May 2005, I rearranged some parts of my nursery. And I saw some very beautiful pitchers I had never seen before. Their charming pink color took my breath. They were hanging from the plant which I had classified as N. thorelii “short pitcher-Laos”. A very similar plant has been grown by Noah Elhardt some time ago, you can see a photo of the two plants one near the other on the x-plants page. While if you go on Nong’s site, you’ll see some more pics of N. sp.4 from Laos. ATTENTION please: during my 2006 trip to Thailand, Nong told me what exactly happened. This man told Nong that sp.4 was collected in Laos but he didn’t say where, and as this man lives near the border with Laos (in the Vientiane area) we all guess that sp.4 comes from that area. The red spot on the map is random!