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Nepenthes kongkandana

Nepenthes kongkandana
Photo: Marcello Catalano, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nepenthes kongkandana is a tropical pitcher plant (carnivorous climber) native to Songkhla Province in southern Thailand, closely related to N. kerrii. It needs bright light, high humidity and a warm, wet root zone to grow well.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium consistently moist and use rainwater or distilled water, since it is sensitive to minerals.
Soil
Free-draining mix of sphagnum moss and perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Pen. Thailand
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes kongkandana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Songkhla Province in southern Thailand. It is closely related to N. kerrii.

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 kongkandana 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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