Nepenthes veitchii 'Candy Dreams'

Nepenthes veitchii 'Candy Dreams'
Genus	Nepenthes
Species	veitchii
Gender	Male
Creator/Nursery	Amos Yu
Site Origin / Location	Asia

Candy Dreams

One of the most Famous and fantastic Male Cultivators available in horticulture , 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

From the various sources of this specimen, have denoted that it originated from a wild seed pod collected and grown in Asia, various cuttings were produced as well as a few similar siblings exist from the same seed batch.

To the best of our understanding of its origion, the seeds were collected and originated from "Amos Yu" or "Wen Chih Yu" , who has released many similar offspring as well down the years.

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 of those grower circles.

The name ‘Xu Head' or (徐脑袋) , originated from the surname of the person who first purchased 'Candy Dreams' originally in mainland China.

It is believed to be 1st introduced into the USA under Redleaf Exotics , and given the Cultivator name 'Candy Dreams', a name it is now well Identified with across the world, even in Asia were it originated have converted to this ID name.

It has become one of, if not the most used male veitchii in cultivation around 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

NepenthesGod

Media & Links

A specimen grown by Carnifern.