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When wet, the slippery surface of the peristome causes insects to ‘aquaplane’, or slip and fall, into the pitcher. Never feed them cake, meat or stones as this will kill the individual Pitcher or even spell the end of the plant's life.

This adaptation could have evolved since Nepenthes plants that could produce secondary metabolites and antimicrobial proteins to kill bacteria and fungi were most likely more fit. ventrata , have natural distributions to the Philippines , and were first described by Francisco Manuel Blanco in 1837 . Throughout their natural range,Nepenthes experience very little seasonal variation in their specific locations.One of the earliest illustrations of Nepenthes appears in Leonard Plukenet's Almagestum Botanicum of 1696. Due to their ease of cultivation (and their sympathetic nature to colder temperatures we have in the UK), here at Hampshire Carnivorous Plants we sell mainly‘highland’ nepenthes and their hybrids. While pruning, always use clean utensils or shears to reduce the chance of bacterial and fungal diseases.

The inhabitants of this country are reluctant to pick the flowers, saying that if somebody does pick them in passing, it will not fail to rain that day.There are two types of pitchers produced by the plants: large, spectacularly colored ground pitchers, and narrow aerial pitchers. The genus Nepenthes is mostly found within the Malay Archipelago, with the greatest biodiversity found on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, [28] [29] especially in the Borneo montane rain forests. The trap, like our own pitcher plant, lures its prey into the pitfall trap by a combination of decaying odors and sometimes a red coloration. Some, found in upper canopies in the wild, require a lot of sun to maintain their unique pitchers, so should be grown in a location where they can receive at least 4 hours of direct sun each day with very bright filtered sun in the remaining daylight hours.

To get the most out your specimen and this article, learning about how a Monkey Cup Plant functions is an excellent place to start.The final element for a long-lasting carnivorous plant is a vital resting period during the autumn and winter months. They need similar conditions to most Orchids, so if you are already growing Orchids in a greenhouse, then Nepenthes should thrive in there too. Seeds are usually sown on damp chopped Sphagnum moss, or on sterile plant tissue culture media once they have been properly disinfected. Molecular Phylogeny of Nepenthaceae Based on Cladistic Analysis of Plastid trnK Intron Sequence Data".