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Nepenthes deaniana

Nepenthes deaniana
Photo: Attenboroughii at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0

Nepenthes deaniana is a tropical pitcher plant (a carnivorous climbing or sprawling shrub) found only on the summit region of Thumb Peak in Palawan, Philippines, at about 1,180 to 1,296 m. It is grown as a tropical carnivorous houseplant or greenhouse plant, and it needs humid, bright conditions and cool-ish nights to do well.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist with rainwater or distilled water, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Live sphagnum moss or a mix of sphagnum and perlite, with no fertilizer.
Temperature
Cool-to-warm tropical conditions, roughly 18 to 28 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines (Palawan)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes deaniana (; after Dean C. Worcester) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines, where it grows at an altitude of 1,180–1,296 m above sea level. The species is known only from the summit region of Thumb Peak, a relatively small, ultramafic mountain in Puerto Princesa Province, Palawan.

Nepenthes deaniana has no known natural hybrids. No forms or varieties have been described.

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 deaniana 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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