Nepenthaceae |
Nepenthes alata Blanco
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- Common Name: Winged Nepenthes
- Family: Nepenthaceae Dumort.
- Country of Origin: Borneo, Malaysia, Philippines & Sumatra
- Habitat: mossy forest between 800 and 2000 m
- Description: Carnivorous climbing vine to 4m high. Passive pitfall traps produced at the tips of the leaves trap and digest small insects. Colour of the pitchers light-green, often with light or dark-red or violet spots.
Nepenthes alata, like most species of Nepenthes is a mountain plant occuring in the mossy forest between 800 and 2000 m above the sea level. In Sumatra it grows from the rocks along the coast up to a height of 1600 m ; its habitat is the forest or its margin, rarely open ground.
- Culture: Exposure- Half Shade
Cultivation- in pots or hanging baskets
Humidity- High
Temperature- 10C to 25C
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 199700034
- Source: J. Stein - MSU
- Accession Date: 05-12-1997
- Bench: 3104 - Assorted Ferns
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-05-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
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- Family: Nepenthaceae
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References:Drago n Agro Website
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