Nepenthes x (maxima x talangensis)
Catalogue number: XN142
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 sized plant that can be grown in a 140mm hanging 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 . Stems can be fairly narrow, with long internodal distances. Very vigorous, grows multiple vines.
Nepenthes maxima
Where found: New Guinea, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.
Altitudinal distribution: 400-2600 m above sea level (lowland/intermediate/highland).
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 talangensis
Where found: Mt. Talang and its environs, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Altitudinal distribution: 1800m to 2500m above sea level (highland).
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