Nepenthes veitchii BE-4096

Nepenthes veitchii Bario BE4096 'Pink Candy' & 'Candy-Striped'
Nepenthes veitchii Bario BE4096 'Pink Candy' & 'Candy-Striped'
	Nepenthes veitchii 'TBD'
Genus	Nepenthes
Species	veitchii
Grex	Unknown
Mother Plant	Unknown
Father Plant	Unknown
Gender	Unknown
Creator/Nursery	Borneo Exotics
Site Origin / Location	Unknown
Released	Unknown

The 4096 Grex is a rarer offering in limited batches from Borneo Exotics , it was originally discontinued but later brought back to auction in 2024

To what is known of this Grex, two specific clones are offered under the BE 4096 line and are quite different in apperance and behavior

#1 is Veitchii Bario 'Pink Candy'

#2 is Veitchii Bario 'Candy-Striped'

both are Squat bodied with speckles and intense flair stripes

#1 Pink Candy Information

Physical Traits

'Pink Candy' has squat bodied traps with a vibrant wide flair with stripes, starts pink and darkens to hotpink/red colors with body speckles. Traps slowly age to a softer pink tone. Months later a yellow tint emerges but a highlight of the pink is seen in light cast reflections on the body. its noted the flair of this specimen is very wide and stenches side to side before elongating at top, and then flairs back similar to some 'M' veitchii, traps have a large pitcher to leaf ratio

No Flowers noted

#2 Candy Striped Information

Physical Traits

'Candy-Striped" is squat bodied with more reddish/orange color tones and body speckles, unlike its sibling , this plant exhibits a very tall neck peristome much like 'K' grex with a narrow flair. Body strats a red orange and aged to a golden dark Bronze, traps have a large pitcher to leaf ratio , flair also gets vary pointy spikes along the edge as it stretches backward

Info states this specimen is Male

Lineage Information

Siblings

due to similar appearance/form and time of appearing 'Gold Rush' from Borneo Exotics Male is thought to be a sibling plant

History in Cultivation

origin is thought to have been either a Malaysian nursery line Rob purchased for Borneo Exotics, or possibly a private inhouse cross

#2 was sold on auction and went to japan and is the most common 4096 sold at auction, #1 has been sold sparingly down the years in 4 different noted BE auctions per the auction website (now removed)

a large specimen of #1 was sold to Drew at Carniveros, Later a large rooted cutting was sold to Wise Exotics via Carnivero rare plant Auction