Nepenthes alata - carnivorous pitcher plant

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$9.75

All the weirdness without the high maintenance - if you want to get into carnivorous plant growing, start here with this beginner pitcher plant. Treat it like an orchid for good results. And like some orchids, grow it in a pot as normal, or in the fork of a tree.

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Description

Nepenthes alata - pitcher plant
APPEARANCE: Carnivorous epiphytic plant from Philippine rainforests, growing in an arching rosette of apple-green glossy leaves, which develop into codpiece-like tubes at the end filled with bug-dissolving enzymes. Alata is what botanists call "polymorphic", ie variable in appearance and colour from pale olive green through speckled to deep maroon.
USE FOR: Interesting and unusual indoor plant, or outdoors in tropical zones.
PLANTING: An orchid mix is ideal, with chunks of bark, sphagnum moss or coir to let air to the roots and drain away water fast.
CARE: Loves it humid and warm, definitely above 10C at night. Mist them regularly to keep them happy, water often but don't let them get soggy. Once a year a mature plant might need a pick-me-up, feed with diluted orchid feed.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 10 - 20cm H
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
What is tubestock?

Nepenthes (like many tree-dwelling plants) have very small shallow root systems even when mature; we ship them in soil for your convenience but the roots will not fill the pot.

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