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Nepenthes latiffiana

Nepenthes latiffiana
Photo: Amin28th, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nepenthes latiffiana is a tropical pitcher plant from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, described in 2020 from a small area near Setiu. It is a climbing or sprawling carnivorous plant that traps insects in its pitchers and is grown in humid greenhouses or terraria.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist and water with rainwater or distilled water.
Soil
Sphagnum moss or a mix of peat and perlite, with no added fertiliser.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Pen. Malaysia (Terengganu)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes latiffiana is a pitcher plant species from Peninsular Malaysia described in the year 2020 (the other two being N. domei and N. malayensis). It has been published in Webbia Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography in the first issue, volume 75, and made as the cover page for that issue. This species was described by Mohd Norfaizal Ghazalli (Ph.D), Amin Asyraf Tamizi and Dome Nikong, and name after a retired Professor of Botany from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (the National University of Malaysia) - Emeritus Professor Dato' Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamad. The description was based on materials collected from a restricted area at the type locality in Setiu, Terengganu.

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 latiffiana 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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