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Pitcher plant

Nepenthes argentii

Pitcher plant
Photo: Attenboroughii at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0

Nepenthes argentii is a small highland pitcher plant from Mount Guiting-Guiting on Sibuyan Island, Philippines, possibly the smallest species in its genus, with no climbing stage. Grow it cool, humid and bright, with consistent moisture and mineral-poor soil, treating it as a cool-grown highland species rather than a typical tropical lowland pitcher plant.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Full sun
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist, using rainwater or distilled water, and never let it dry out.
Soil
Mineral-poor, free-draining mix such as peat with perlite or sphagnum; avoid fertilized soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C suits this highland species; protect from heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Philippines (Sibuyan)
Climate
montane tropical

About

Nepenthes argentii (; after George Argent) is a highland Nepenthes pitcher plant native to Mount Guiting-Guiting on Sibuyan Island in the Philippines. It is possibly the smallest species in the genus and does not appear to have a climbing stage.

Where it grows

Nepenthes argentii inhabits subalpine shrubbery "with a smooth wind-clipped canopy 30 cm tall on an ultrabasic ridge". It grows at an elevation of 1,400–1,900 m.

Other Nepenthes plants

Nepenthes abalata · Nepenthes abgracilis · Nepenthes adnata · Nepenthes aenigma · Nepenthes alata · Nepenthes alba · Nepenthes albomarginata · Nepenthes alfredoi · Nepenthes alzapan · Flask-Shaped Pitcher-Plant · Nepenthes andamana · Nepenthes angasanensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nepenthes argentii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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