Nepenthes x (maxima x trusmadiensis)
a.k.a. Nepenthes x (maxima x (lowii x macrophylla))
Catalogue number: XN005
Sex: M
Light: Bright, filtered light.
Preferred temperature range: 15-30° C.
Will tolerate temperatures as low as 5° C if protected from frost.
Potting media:
* coir chip / perlite, or
* sphagnum moss peat / perlite / orchid bark
A medium-to-large sized plant that should be grown in a 170mm hanging pot or a 200mm ground-based standard pot. The basal rosette develops into a vine in the plant’s first year, with a new basal bud forming once the vine is about 50cm long . Very vigorous, grows multiple vines.
The leaves are a darker green, very glossy and fairly rigid. The stem is hairy and can be fairly thick. Pitchers are medium-large with coarse and highly ridged peristomes. Basal pitchers are more highly coloured; the uppers are mostly green.
Grows more slowly than N. maxima.
Nepenthes maxima
Where found: New Guinea, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.
Altitudinal distribution: 400-2600 m above sea level.
Belongs to the loosely defined “N. maxima complex”, which also includes, among other species, N. boschiana, N. chaniana, N. epiphytica, N. eymae, N. faizaliana, N. fusca, N. klossii, N. platychila, N. stenophylla, and N. vogelii.
Nepenthes trusmadiensis
A natural hybrid of Nepenthes lowii and Nepenthes macrophylla.
Nepenthes lowii
Where found: isolated peaks in Malaysian Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak) and Brunei.
Altitudinal distribution: 1650m to 2600m above sea level.
Nepenthes macrophylla
Where found: Mount Trusmadi, Malaysian Borneo.
Altitudinal distribution: 2200m to 2600m above sea level.
Bitey Plants 