Nepenthes 'Alba' is a cultivar of a complex manmade hybrid involving N. maxima, N. mirabilis, N. northiana, N. rafflesiana, N. veitchii, and a plant identified as N. thorelii.[note a] It was bred by Bruce Lee Bednar and Orgel Clyde Bramblett in 1990.[1][2] This cultivar name is not established as it was published without a description, violating Article 24.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, and has a Latin epithet, violating Article 19.13.[2] It is a synonym of N. × hareliana[2] and was originally published in the March 1994 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter as "x hareliana var. alba".[1]
Nepenthes 'Alba' | |
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Hybrid parentage | ((N. mirabilis × "N. thorelii") × N. mirabilis) × ("N. thorelii" × ((N. northiana × N. maxima) × (N. rafflesiana × N. veitchii))) |
Cultivar | Nepenthes 'Alba' Hort.Bednar (1994)[1] |
Origin | B.L.Bednar & O.C.Bramblett, 1990 |
Other cultivars of the same cross include N. 'Boca Rose', N. 'Red Skeleton', N. 'Rouge', and N. 'Vittata'.