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Tropical Pitcherplant

Nepenthes rowanae

Also called Common Swamp Pitcher Plant, Pitcher Plant

Tropical Pitcherplant
Photo: Stewart McPherson, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nepenthes rowaniae is a carnivorous pitcher plant native to the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, closely related to N. mirabilis. It needs bright light, humidity and wet, acidic conditions, and is best grown in a terrarium or greenhouse.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the root medium constantly moist, using rainwater or distilled water rather than tap water.
Soil
Sphagnum moss mixed with perlite or orchid bark, kept wet.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Nepenthes rowaniae (; after Ellis Rowan, Australian naturalist and illustrator) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to the Cape York Peninsula, Australia. It is closely related to N. mirabilis and was once considered an extreme form of this species.

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 rowaniae 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.

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