Nepenthes maxima
Catalogue number: XN278
Sex: F
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. 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.
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