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Accession Data:

Nepenthes alata Blanco

  • 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: Highland and Lowland forms exist

    Exposure - Half Shade
    Cultivation- in pots or hanging baskets
    Humidity- High
    Temperature- 10C to 25C

  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199700034
  • Source: J. Stein - MSU
  • Accession Date: 05-12-1997
  • Bench: 1216 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 10-05-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Nepenthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
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References (internal):

  • Carnivorous Plants
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology

References (external):

  1. Dragon Agro Website
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 May 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:14:17 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Nepenthes alata

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Current Accessions in the Nepenthaceae

  • Nepenthes alata
  • Nepenthes albomarginata
  • Nepenthes copelandii W/C
  • Nepenthes maxima
  • Nepenthes mirabilis W/C
  • Nepenthes sanguinea
  • Nepenthes truncata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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