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Nepenthes petiolata

Nepenthes petiolata
Photo: Thomas Gronemeyer, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nepenthes petiolata is a highland tropical pitcher plant, a climbing liana native to Mindanao in the Philippines, growing at 1,450 to 1,900 metres. It is grown as a carnivorous plant for its trap-like pitchers and needs cool, humid, bright conditions with high humidity and sharp drainage.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist using rainwater or distilled water, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Live sphagnum moss mixed with perlite or orchid bark in a well-draining pot.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 8 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Philippines (N. Mindanao)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes petiolata (; from Latin: petiolatus "petiolate", referring to leaf attachment) is a highland Nepenthes pitcher plant species endemic to Mindanao island in the Philippines, where it grows at an elevation of 1,450–1,900 metres (4,800–6,200 ft) 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 petiolata 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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