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Pitcher plant

Nepenthes murudensis

Pitcher plant
Photo: JeremiahsCPs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nepenthes murudensis is a montane pitcher plant from the summit of Mount Murud in Sarawak, Borneo, that climbs over low vegetation or grows as small rosettes. It is a demanding species best suited to cool-growing, high-humidity pitcher plant collections.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Full sun
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, free of mineral fertiliser.
Temperature
10–24 °C suits this highland species; protect from heat above about 28 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (Sarawak)
Climate
montane tropical

About

Nepenthes murudensis , or the Murud pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Murud in Borneo, after which it is named. It is of putative hybrid origin: its two original parent species are thought to be N. reinwardtiana and N. tentaculata.

Where it grows

Nepenthes murudensis is endemic to the summit area of Mount Murud in Sarawak, Borneo, and is the only Nepenthes species endemic to the Kelabit Highlands. It has an elevational distribution of 2,000–2,423 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 murudensis 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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