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Nepenthes
alata (Philippines)
This species grows in mossy
mountains of Luzon at altitudes between 800m -
2400 m in Philippines. They are widely propagated
and very easy to grow in lowland and highland
conditions.
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Nepenthes
albomarginata "Ipoh
Red" (Malaysia)
The red form occurs mostly in
the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. They
come in many different tones of red. Their leaves
and pitchers may turn darker red under bright
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Nepenthes
albomarginata
"Green" (Brunei)
This lowland species occurs
in parts of Peninsular Malaysia to Brunei and
Borneo. They are easily identified by the band
of white hair that surrounds the peristome and
hence the name, meaning white edged. |
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Nepenthes
albomarginata "Kuching
Spotted" (Malaysia)
The dark form of this species
occurs in Kuching of Sarawak. Their leaves are
darker green with near black pitchers often covered
with black speckles. |
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Nepenthes
albomarginata (Malaysia)
This picture shows the upper pitchers of albomarginata
with the distinctive white band around its peristome.
Mature albomarginata will vine up trees or hang
down from rocks to attain bright light. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Typical"
(Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia)
This is a common species that
are found in humid places of tropical forest or
waste land. They are commonly found in bright
places but young seedlings prefer to be shaded.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Green"
(Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia)
This is a common species that
can be found growing together with the speckled
N. ampullaria. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Brunei
Red" (Brunei)
The all red form occur mainly
in Borneo. It is very attractive because of it's
all red pitcher and the peristome. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Bicolor"
(Brunei)
Shown in the photo is an interesting
clone of the red ampularia. It has a contrasting
all green peristome. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria 'Harlequin'
(Brunei)
Shown in the photo
is an expensive clone of the red ampularia. It
has red speckled pitchers.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Tricolor,
Green Peristome"
(Malaysia)
A rare color variant
of N. ampullaria.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria 'Gothica'
(Malaysia, Indonesia)
Presented in the photo
is an extraodinary color variation of ampullaria
with near black peristome. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Camo,
Green Peristome"
(Malaysia)
This is an extraordinary
plant with green pitchers beautifully speckled
with red and dark purple blotches producing a
three color tone pitchers. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Camo,
Red Peristome" (Malaysia,
Indonesia)
This is a plant with
green pitchers beautifully speckled with red and
dark purple blotches producing a three color tone
pitchers and with red peristome.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Hot
Lips"
An interesting color
variant of N. ampullaria with green pitchers and
a red peristome. |
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Red Giant"
(Malaysia)
Presented in the photos is a
giant red form of ampullaria with pale yellow
peristome sparsely stripped and it can be as big
as a human's fist.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria "Bicolor,
Striped Peristome" (Malaysia)
Shown in the photo is an interesting
clone of the red ampularia. It has a contrasting
all green peristome.
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Nepenthes
ampullaria 'Harlequin'
Dark Peristome (Malaysia)
Shown in the photo is an interesting
clone of the red harlequin ampularia. It has a
deep red to near black peristome.
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Nepenthes
bellii (Philippines)
This is a miniature species that will produce
rather long tendrills when mature. It is very
easy to grow in lowland conditions.
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Nepenthes
bicalcarata "Red
Flush" (Malaysia, Indonesia)
This species has 2 distinct
sharp projectile under its lid, which are enlarged
negtar glands used to that lure insects. The tendrills
are usually colonised by ants.
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Nepenthes
bicalcarata "Red"
(Malaysia, Indonesia)
It is more commonly found in
Sarawak and Kalimatan. Their leaves can grow to
1 meter long and each pitcher can be 6 - 7 inches
tall. |
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Nepenthes
campanulata (Malaysia, Indonesia)
This is a small species that
only occurs in rosette form. It occurs in vertical
sides of limestone cliffs. Their pitchers are
shaped like an upturned bell.
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Nepenthes
clipeata (Indonesia)
This species occurs in exposed
area of granite dome and sheer rocks. It is endemic
to Borneo and only occu in Mt. Kelam of West Kalimantan
at elevetions of 800 meters. |
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Nepenthes
distillatoria
(Sri Lanka)
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Nepenthes
gracilis (Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Thailand
This is probabily the most common
nepenthes species in Asia. It grows in moist,
open habitats. The pitcher can appear in all green,
all red or a mixture of green and red.
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Nepenthes
hirsuta (Malaysia)
This species has green leaves and green pitchers
occationally speckled with brown. Leaves are covered
with black hair and easy to grow in lowland conditions.
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Nepenthes
hispida (Malaysia)
This species has dark purple-brown leaves covered
with black hairs all over. It produces pitchers
similar to N.hirsuta and commonly mistaken as
hirsuta. |
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Nepenthes
longifolium
(Malaysia, Indonesia)
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Nepenthes
macrovulgaris (Malaysia)
This species
occurs in Sabah state of Malaysia in Borneo.
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Nepenthes
mirabilis (Malaysia,
Thailand)
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Nepenthes
mirabilis var. echinostoma (Malaysia)
This is a unique form of N. mirrabilis because
of it's thick spread open peristome. It grows
rather quickly and can be rather tall. |
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Nepenthes
northiana (Malaysia)
This species occurs in limestone
mountains of Kuching in Sarawak State of Malaysia.
It grows under lowland conditions and prefer direct
exposure to sun for healthy growth. Can grow well
in highland condtions. |
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana
(Brunei)
Rafflesiana
appears in many forms and the one showing in the
picture is a common clone appearing in Malaysia. |
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana "Brunei
Giant"
The all red form of rafflesiana
occurs in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. The
top part of the leaves is dark green in color
while the underside of the leaves is all red.
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana "Kuching
Giant" (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana
"Dark Knight"(Malaysia)
This amazing plant is the ultimate
combination of the best characteristics a rafflesiana
can have. It is a giant alata form with deep dark
speckles surrounding the near black pitchers.
Deep coloration appears only under bright sunlight.
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana "Inverted"(Malaysia)
Shown
in the photo is a unique rafflesiana clone with
only coloration on the peristome.
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Nepenthes
rafflesiana "Green
elongata" (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
reinwardtiana
"Green" (Malaysia,
Indonesia)
This species occurs in the lowland forest of Sarawak
and Kalimantan. It can be found along roads, up
in the trees and on steep cliffs from sea level
to over 1600 meters. It has 2 green spots located
inside the pitchers. |
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Nepenthes
reinwardtiana "Red"
(Malaysia, Indonesia)
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Nepenthes
sumatrana (Indonesia)
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Nepenthes
truncata (Philippines)
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Nepenthes
truncata "Pasian"
(Philippines)
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Nepenthes
globosa
(Thailand)
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| Intermediate
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Nepenthes
boschiana (Indonesia)
This is a large and beautiful species that is
endemic to Borneo. It can be found on limestone
to ultramafic mountains and in open ares between
700 to 1800 meters. It can be grown in lowland
conditions. |
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Nepenthes
cooperlandii "Apo
Highlands" (Papua
New Guinea)
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Nepenthes
cooperlandii
(Papua New Guinea)
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Nepenthes
fusca
(Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
fusca
"Flare" (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
maxima "Borone"
(Indonesia)
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Nepenthes
sibuyanensis (Philippines)
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Nepenthes
veitchii "Hose
Mountain" (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
veitchii "Bario
Highland" (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
ventricosa (Philippines)
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Nepenthes
ventricosa "Madja-as"
(Philippines)
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Nepenthes
sp. (Philippines)
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Nepenthes
sp. (Philippines)
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Nepenthes
sp. (Philippines)
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| Highland
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Nepenthes
ephippiata
(Malaysia, Indonesia)
The picture shows the young pitchers of ephippiata
from BE. |
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Nepenthes
hamata (Indonesia)
The
picture shows the young pitchers of ephippiata
from MT.
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Nepenthes
lowii
(Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
macfarlanei (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
petiolata (Philippines)
The picture shows 2 different froms of petiolata
from BE.
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Nepenthes
rajah (Malaysia)
The
picture shows 2 different froms of petiolata from
BE.
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Nepenthes
ramispina (Malaysia)
This is the darkest of all nepenthes
species. It can be seen in Gunung Ulu Kali in
the Genting Highlands, in Malaysia. Many natural
hybrids were made since it grows together with
N. macfarlanei and N. sanguinea.
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Nepenthes
sanguinea
(Malaysia)
This highland species,
above 1000 m, has a wide distribution. It can
be seen in most mountains of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Nepenthes
spatulata (Indonesia)
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Nepenthes
spectabilis (Indonesia)
This
species is endemic to the highlands of Sumatra,
occuring at elevations between 1400m to 2200m. |
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Nepenthes
talangensis
(Indonesia)
This highland species occurs at Mount Talang,
native to Sumatra. |
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Nepenthes
vieillardii
(Non-Asian, Tahiti)
This species is endemic to the
island from New Caledonia to Tahiti, somewhere
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This species
require very cool to cold growing conditions. |
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Nepenthes
vogelii (Malaysia)
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Nepenthes
xHookeriana
(Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand)
This hybrid occurs naturally
in Karagas forest, usually in shaded or exposed
areas where it is humid. It is a cross between
N.
ampullaria and N. rafflesiana.
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Nepenthes
xHookeriana "Red"
(Malaysia)
This is a rare all red form,
probabily a cross between all red form of N.
ampullaria and N. rafflesiana.
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Nepenthes
xHookeriana "Bicolor"
(Malaysia)
A rare cross between N. ampullaria
and a red form of N. rafflesiana.
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Nepenthes
xKuchingensis (Malaysia)
This is a natural hybrid between N. ampullaria
and N. mirabilis. Pitchers may appear in all green
and red with speckles. Leaves are thinner and
softer than N. ampullaria. An easy plant to grow.
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Nepenthes
xKuchingensis (Malaysia)
The natural hybrid is probabily a cross between
a red N. ampullaria and N. mirabilis.
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Nepenthes
xLebih (Malaysia)
This is a cross between
Nepenthes veitchii and hurrelliana. |
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Nepenthes
xMenarik
(Malaysia)
This is a cross between
Nepenthes veitchii and rafflesiana. |
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