N. burkei
purchase date: 10 / 06
arrived as a size 3
plant origin: Borneo Exotics
photo taken:  6 / 07

Nepenthes burkeii is a species from the Philippines that recently came into cultivation in 2006 from Borneo Exotics. There was confusion whether this was a true species or a form of N. ventricosa. The first photos I saw from Ch'ien Lee posted in one of the forums showed N. burkeii to be completely different from N. ventricosa. My plants arrived as size 3 plants and have grown fairly well outdoors under shade cloth. I would say they grow very similar to N. ventricosa in speed and hardiness. The young plants look a lot like N. ventricosa right now. But once they start getting some size to them the pitchers should start getting a lot more red striations in them and in the peristome. My plants tend to grow slower than other growers' plants so I'm waiting to see photos of  their larger plants to how their N. burkeis are doing. Prices have come down from the first offerings of this species as well as the size increasing. As of 6 / 07 it is still on the expensive side, but should come down much more within the year as more plants become available and the wholesale price decreases from stock at Borneo Exotics.

Cultivation: easy outdoors, vigorous grower for a highlander, grow similar to a N. ventricosa
Market availability: size 3 to larger plants;  available as of 6 / 07 (Borneo Exotics and their distributors main suppliers)
Species variability: possibly some among the original seed grown offerings; (unsure how many clones are in tissue culture from Borneo Exotics)
$ / size: expensive $70.00 - $85.00 and up for larger plants
Cuttings: none available for trade
Sex: unknown