Nepenthes maryae is a rare tropical pitcher plant known from a single herbarium specimen collected in 2000 on a mountain in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, at about 2,100 m. Like other highland Nepenthes, it needs cool, humid, bright conditions and is hard to keep in cultivation.
Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist using rainwater or distilled water, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Free-draining mix of sphagnum moss and perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
12–24 °C; tolerates cool nights, protect above 28 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. Sulawesi
Climate
wet tropical
About
Nepenthes maryae is a tropical pitcher plant native to Central Sulawesi province on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is known from a single herbarium specimen collected in 2000 on an undisclosed mountain at 2,100 m above sea level, where the species grew in submontane mossy forest alongside N. eymae, N. nigra, and N. tentaculata. It is a member of section Tentaculatae, which also includes 8 other species from Borneo and Sulawesi: N. glabrata, N. hamata, N. muluensis, N. murudensis, N. nigra, N. pitopangii, N. tentaculata, and N. undulatifolia. Nepenthes maryae is distinguished from all other species in this group by the presence of short hairs on the lower surface of the pitcher lid and bracts on the majority (c. 75%) of flowers.
The specific epithet maryae commemorates Mary Mendum (née Bates) (1945–2004), a botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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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.