Nepenthes veitchii 'Candy Dreams'

Nepenthes veitchii 'Candy Dreams'
Genus	Nepenthes
Species	veitchii
Father Plant	Unknown
Gender	Unknown
Creator/Nursery	Amos Xu
Site Origin / Location	Asia

Details:

One of the most Famous and Fantastic Male Cultivators available , it stands out for a variety or traits, reasons that are both striking and amazing as an individual specimen

Grex / Plant Information

Physical Traits

Traps start as a pink tone on mature specimens to a vibrant red , then the peristome ages a yellow tone onto non striped sections, as these traps age fully it gains a yellow tone on body with a orange/dark yellow/gold

at a younger age/smaller basil/cutting the body can start green/yellow and produce a few strips, only when mature or near maturity does it truly shine

an interesting feature known on 'Candy Dreams' or CD is the dark speckles on its leaves , many offspring display this trait in a variety of intensity. It is a similar red speckled variegation noted on lowlands such as 'Black Miracle'. On the veitchii Bario form, this is not an uncommon trait ,and can appear on any such cross with those genetics.

History in Cultivation

To the best understanding this specimen, among many, originated from a wild seed pod collected and grown in Asia, select cuttings and quite a few similar siblings exist of this well known Cultivator and were put on auctions as cuttings.

Supposedly it went by a few different names in Asia circles, among some that are known are 'Xu Head' as well as "Lions Head" in some Circles

Brought to the USA via Redleaf Exotics , and given the Cultivator name 'Candy Dreams' , that name is the well known Identifier it now goes by across the world, even in Asia were it originated

It has become one of , if not the most used males in cultivation in the world, producing many fantastic offspring , some are close if not equal to their famous father in many respects

Named Offspring	Lineage USA	Lineage Asia	Lineage UK

Notable Specimens in Collections

Redleaf Exotics

Carnivero

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