Accession Data

Nepenthes maxima

Common Name: The Great Pitcher Plant

Family: Nepenthaceae

Synonym(s): Unresolved name - perhaps synonymous with N. celebica or N. curtisii??

Country of Origin: Borneo, New Guinea

Description: Nepenthes maxima is a highland species occuring principally above 1000 meters (3250ft). This carnivorous plant is grown for the aesthetic value of its urn traps. The urns have a wide peristome and a marbled appearence. The prey can be butterflies, but are usually smaller insects.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11

Accession #: 198501189

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1216

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Culture:

  • Size - can reach 10 feet
  • Light - full sun for outdoor cultivation, filtered light for indoors
  • Water - compost and atmosphere must be very moist and humid

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Nepenthaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

References

  1. Carnivorous Plants, Marcel Lecoufle, 1993
  2. Nepenthes maxima at Wikipedia. Accessed 19 May 2015.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  4. Nepenthes maxima at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) taken as screen shot of multiple images by Thomas Gronemeyer [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, July 09, 2018.

Images

Nepenthes maxima
Nepenthes maxima