Nepenthes Suki - carnivorous pitcher plant

In stock

Only 127 left

$9.75

Very striking fast-growing carnivorous pitcher plant, short fat pitchers are dark purple on the outside rimmed with a contrast lime green lip. Suki is a big Nepenthes with plenty of lush leaf growth, bronze-brown when young, especially if misted regularly and given good filtered light.

Skip to the end of the images gallery

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery

Description

Nepenthes afflesiana x sibuyanensis 'Suki' - pitcher plant
APPEARANCE : Carnivorous epiphytic plant (grows in trees), forming a large arching rosette of apple-green glossy leaves which develop into pouchy tubes at the end filled with bug-dissolving enzymes. Suki has large, short, fat, dark purple pitchers with a lime green rim; some pitchers are almost all purple and some are more freckled on green usually depending on light levels. Young leaves are attractive bronzy-brown.
USE FOR : Interesting and unusual indoor plant, or outdoors in tropical zones.
CLIMATE : Loves it humid and warm, definitely above 10C at night.
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, and water often - Suki likes to be on the damp or even wet side. A mature plant will need a pick-me-up, feed with diluted orchid feed. If your plant isn't producing pitchers give it more light and humidity.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 0.5 m H x 1m W
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?