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Nepenthes orbiculata is a tropical pitcher plant from Phang Nga Province in southern Thailand, known only from two populations. It is a climbing or sprawling carnivorous plant that needs humid conditions, bright light and an open, fast-draining medium.
Nepenthes orbiculata is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Phang Nga Province in Thailand. Among the Nepenthes species associated with N. orbiculata are Nepenthes andamana and Nepenthes mirabilis to which it is sympatric. Particularly, Nepenthes orbiculata is closely related to N. mirabilis but is different in its globose pitchers and its pitcher hip just below the lid, whereas the pitcher in N. mirabilis is more elongate, and the pitcher hip is at the center or in the lower half.. Similarly, Nepenthes orbiculata is closely related to N. mirabilis var. globosa in its glabrous leaves, or leaves with fimbriate margins, and globose pitcher with hip just below the lid. However, N. mirabilis var. globosa is different from N.
This species is endemic and known only from two populations in Phang Nga Province, in Peninsular Thailand.
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 orbiculata 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.
