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Nepenthes parvula

Nepenthes parvula is a small tropical pitcher plant from Cape York, Queensland, valued for its compact size. It grows best with bright light, high humidity and consistently moist, nutrient-poor conditions.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Aquatic
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the root medium constantly moist and use rainwater or distilled water, never tap water with high mineral content.
Soil
A mix of sphagnum moss and perlite, or long-fibre sphagnum alone.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes parvula is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

It is the fourth Nepenthes species recorded from the continent and its third endemic species. Nepenthes parvula is closely related to the three other Australian Nepenthes species: N. mirabilis, N. rowaniae and N. tenax.

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 parvula 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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