N. lowii X burkei
purchase date: 6 / 05
arrived as a rooted cutting
plant origin: unsure
photo taken:  12 / 05

Nepenthes lowii X N. burkei is hybrid between two highlanders. I purchased the plant from the distributor for The Nepenthes Nursery in the US. Since there is confusion over the status of N. burkei and N. ventricosa, the grower told me that he was selling it as it was sold to him. So it could be that this is really just N. lowii X N. ventricosa. I grow the Exotica Plants' clone of N. lowii X N. ventricosa and the N. X briggsiana "Peter D' Amato" clone that are both stunning plants. So I'm hoping this clone will be too. It is still small but it's starting to exhibit the characteristics of  both parents. It is any easy grower and can tolerate cool highland conditions easily. I've also found that it tends to grow fairly quick for a highlander. I'll have to compare this one to my other N. lowii X N. ventricosa crosses. Whatever the parentage ultimately turns out to be, this should be a very nice plant. 

Cultivation: easy outdoors; moderate to quick grower for a highlander; probably easy as a windowsill specimen
Market availability: rooted cuttings; extremely limited for this plant
Species variability: maybe some among the original seed grown plants
$ / size: expensive to collector's plant; $100.00 and up
Cuttings: none available for trade
Sex: unknown