Nepenthes ‘Red Leopard’
Nepenthes x (maxima x ventricosa-squat)
Catalogue number: XN001
Sex: M (thought to be sterile)
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 leaves and stem are glossy. 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, may grow multiple vines. The pitchers on larger plants can grow to approximately 11cm long and 6cm wide. Lower pitchers are very colourful.
Nepenthes ‘Red Leopard’ was bred by Geoff and Andrea Mansell of Exotica Plants. (Many of the plants available in Australia were bred in this nursery). N. ventricosa-squat is a squat form of N. ventricosa.
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 ventricosa
Where found: The islands of Luzon, Panay and Sibuyan in the Philippines.
Altitudinal distribution: 1000m to 2000m above sea level (intermediate/highland).
Very closely related to N. sibuyanensis.
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