Nepenthes x (ventricosa-red x (lowii x (truncata x campanulata)))
Catalogue number: XN048
Sex: unknown
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, or
* cymbidium mix / perlite
A medium sized plant that can initially be grown in a 140mm hanging pot. Vines readily. Hanging pots will become unbalanced fairly quickly unless the plant is trimmed often or repotted into a more suitable container.
Created by Geoff and Andrea Mansell of Exotica Plants. (Many of the plants available in Australia were bred in this nursery).
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.
Conservation status: Least Concern
(IUCN Red List, assessed 2014, published 2018)
Nepenthes lowii
Where found: High mountain ranges in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia.
Altitudinal distribution: 1650-2600 m above sea level (ultra highland).
Nepenthes lowii is famous for its large pitchers which are used simultaneously used as feeding stations and toilets by tree shrews. It is thought to derive most of its nutrition from animal faeces.
Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, 2006)
Nepenthes truncata
Where found: The islands of Leyte, Dinagat and Mindanao in the Philippines.
Altitudinal distribution: 0 – 1500m above sea level (ultra lowland-intermediate).
Nepenthes truncata has large leathery leaves that appear to terminate abruptly (hence the name) and have very large pitchers. It is a slow-growing plant.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
(IUCN Red List: assessed 2000, published 2000)
Nepenthes campanulata
Where found: East Kalimantan (Indonesia)(Extinct)
Sarawak, Malaysia;
Palawan Islands, Philippines.
Altitudinal distribution: 100 – 400m above sea level (lowland)
Conservation status: Vulnerable
(IUCN Red List: assessed 2013, published 2014):
Mt. Ilas Bungaan was the type locality for the species (discovered in 1957) and the type subpopulation was destroyed as a result of forest fires in 1983; all other known subpopulations in the area were killed off in subsequent forest fires in late 1991 or early 1992. So for a time the species was thought to be Extinct until it was rediscovered in 1997 in Gunung Mulu National Park, more than 400 km away from the type locality. The discovery of the species in Palawan in 2013 greatly extended its known range.
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