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Pitcher plant

Nepenthes klossii

Pitcher plant
Photo: Alfindra Primaldhi, CC BY 2.0

Nepenthes klossii is a climbing tropical pitcher plant from the highlands of western New Guinea, grown for its trap-shaped leaves. It needs warm, humid conditions and bright light, and it is rare in the wild.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the root medium consistently moist and use rainwater or distilled water, as it dislikes mineral salts.
Soil
Free-draining, acidic mix such as sphagnum moss with perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–28 °C; avoid below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. New Guinea
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Nepenthes klossii is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to New Guinea.

Where it grows

Nepenthes klossii is endemic to the Indonesian province of Papua in New Guinea. It has been recorded from the regencies of Merauke and Paniai, as well as the lower slopes of Puncak Jaya. The species has a wide altitudinal distribution, ranging from 930 to 2,000 m above sea level.

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 klossii 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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