Carnivorous Plant Encyclopedia

Nepenthes vieillardii (New Caledonia Pitcher Pl...

Nepenthes vieillardii is the only pitcher plant native to New Caledonia — a biogeographic outlier growing on nickel-rich ultramafic soils 1,300 km from all other Nepenthes populations. Named for French...

Nepenthes vieillardii (New Caledonia Pitcher Pl...

Nepenthes vieillardii is the only pitcher plant native to New Caledonia — a biogeographic outlier growing on nickel-rich ultramafic soils 1,300 km from all other Nepenthes populations. Named for French...

Nepenthes ventricosa

Nepenthes ventricosa is the most widely cultivated tropical pitcher plant in the world, and for good reason: this Philippine highland endemic combines striking waisted urn-shaped pitchers with extraordinary environmental tolerance,...

Nepenthes ventricosa

Nepenthes ventricosa is the most widely cultivated tropical pitcher plant in the world, and for good reason: this Philippine highland endemic combines striking waisted urn-shaped pitchers with extraordinary environmental tolerance,...

Nepenthes veitchii

Nepenthes veitchii is Borneo's iconic bark-hugging pitcher plant, named after Victorian nursery legend James Veitch in 1859. Famous for its wide ribbed peristome in striking red and yellow stripes (particularly...

Nepenthes veitchii

Nepenthes veitchii is Borneo's iconic bark-hugging pitcher plant, named after Victorian nursery legend James Veitch in 1859. Famous for its wide ribbed peristome in striking red and yellow stripes (particularly...

Nepenthes truncata

Nepenthes truncata — the Philippine giant with massive truncate leaves and pitchers up to 40 cm. Famous for the 2019 University of Würzburg study demonstrating exceptionally potent proteolytic enzymes in...

Nepenthes truncata

Nepenthes truncata — the Philippine giant with massive truncate leaves and pitchers up to 40 cm. Famous for the 2019 University of Würzburg study demonstrating exceptionally potent proteolytic enzymes in...

Nepenthes sanguinea

Nepenthes sanguinea is the blood-red highland pitcher plant of Peninsular Malaysia, described by Hooker in 1873 from Hugh Low's collections near Taiping. Famous for intensely red pitchers produced prolifically year-round,...

Nepenthes sanguinea

Nepenthes sanguinea is the blood-red highland pitcher plant of Peninsular Malaysia, described by Hooker in 1873 from Hugh Low's collections near Taiping. Famous for intensely red pitchers produced prolifically year-round,...

Nepenthes reinwardtiana

Complete expert guide to growing Nepenthes reinwardtiana, the Southeast Asian pitcher plant famous for its distinctive 'eyespots' (ocelli) on the back wall of every trap. Covers the species' remarkable altitudinal...

Nepenthes reinwardtiana

Complete expert guide to growing Nepenthes reinwardtiana, the Southeast Asian pitcher plant famous for its distinctive 'eyespots' (ocelli) on the back wall of every trap. Covers the species' remarkable altitudinal...