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Nepenthes, aka Tropical pitcher plants, aka Monkey Cups
locally. I'm not a Nepenthes freak, so my collection is
anything but good. Still, here are some pics!
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Nepenthes madagascariensis. My very first
experience with a non-local Nepenthes. Everything was
clearly wrong - the stake, the ties, and the substrate.
Needless to say, the poor plant perished soon after.
Alas. |
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A fine specimen of N.rafflesiana
"Brunei x Singapore Giant", passed to me by
another grower here. This picture was taken in 1996, but
what can 2 years do to a plant? Look at the picture
below! Hope this will encourage you to have more
patience with these oh-so-slow growing plants. |
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It is the same plant as the one above, now
with huge upper pitchers. Taken in 1998. I still have
this monster of a plant, but he's (yes, it's a male)
since given me lots of cuttings. Had to prune the plant
down, since he was threatening to climb up and invade my
bedroom upstairs.
NB: The girl beside the plant (my sister) was not
caught by the pitcher, please do not be mistaken and
accuse me of cruelty. However, this particular pitcher just
caught 2 large geckos the night before this picture was
taken. |
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Foreground: Nepenthes alata "Lowland
Red"
Just behind is N.albomarginata. Notice the white margin
just below the peristome. |
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N.villosa - not from my own collection (I
wish!!), but taken by a friend who climbed Mt. Kinabalu
in year 2000. |
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Pitcher of N.rafflesiana |
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Pitchers galore! This is my most prolific
N.rafflesiana yet! To its left is N.x
ventrata, and the
leftmost pot contains Utricularia calycifida. |
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N.maxima
"red peristome" - very beautiful plant
I received as a gift from a nursery in Cameron
Highlands, West Malaysia. This new pitcher came out 2
weeks after I brought the plant back, and its size and
vigour really came as a big surprise. |
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N.merilliana - what a tiny plant! It has
since grown 5 leaves since I purchased it in 2001, and
has put out 2 tiny pitchers. |
Many of these plants are for trade and/or sale! Please
visit the Marketplace
to view the latest selection of available mature plants I'm
offering. If you see something you like and I've not listed it
in the Marketplace,
do drop me a mail
and I'll make arrangements to have one of these plants ready
for you!
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