Accession #: 199700034
Accession Date: 1997-05-12
Common name: Winged Nepenthes
Family: Nepenthaceae
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Country of Origin: Borneo, Malaysia, Philippines & Sumatra
Description: Carnivorous climbing vine to 4m high. Passive pitfall traps produced at the tips of the leaves trap and digest small insects. Colour of the pitchers light-green, often with light or dark-red or violet spots.
Nepenthes alata, like most species of Nepenthes is a mountain plant occuring in the mossy forest between 800 and 2000 m above the sea level. In Sumatra it grows from the rocks along the coast up to a height of 1600 m ; its habitat is the forest or its margin, rarely open ground.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 11
Source: J. Stein - MSU
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Culture:
Highland and Lowland forms exist <p> Exposure - Half Shade <BR>Cultivation- in pots or hanging baskets <BR>Humidity- High <BR>Temperature- 10C to 25C