Accession Data

Nepenthes copelandii

Family: Nepenthaceae

Country of Origin: Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines

Description: Tropical pitcher plant showing distinct anisophylly: lower pitchers are cylindrical and dark green flecked red, while upper pitchers are pale and funnel-shaped.

Species is endemic to island of Mindanao, Phillipines though is similar in appearance to N. alata. Two populations are known - Mt Apo (this accession) and Mt. Pasian.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11

Accession #: 200800008

Accession Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3116

Quantity: 1

Source: Tony Paroubek, via Ken Sicard (NECPS)

Provenance:

Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines

Culture: Highland species

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Nepenthaceae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 May 2015.

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Nepenthes copelandii