These are plants that have characteristics that make for pitchers to capture their prey, their name derives from the greek =
will not, and
Penthos = pain and are epiphytic plants
. The genus includes approximately 120 species including the various hybrids that grow in nature and those of cultivation.
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
The genus Nepenthes is mainly spread in parts of southeast Asia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, India, Australia.
GROWING
The Nepenthes need a warm humid, with temperatures that should never reach 0, the penalty of death itself, would not be the first time that someone found the plant "black" in the morning.
A further distinction should be made for plants that naturally grow at different heights are three cases:
Highland Nepenthes, are species that grow at high altitudes, up to 3500M even if
Nepenthes lamii Nepenthes Intermediate, place in mid-range between Highland and Lowland Nepenthes Lowland
,
are species that grow at lower altitudes, used to warm temperatures and high humidity, both night and day. The soil must be well drained, there should be no stagnation of water, a mixture of acidic peat moss, perlite and bark in equal parts is the ideal solution. Never use tap water for watering plants but RO water, rain water, distilled water that you buy at the supermarket (no added fragrance) or mineral water bottle with residue at 180 ° less than 50. Temperatures should never reach 0 on pain of death of the plant, not the first time someone found the plant "black" in the morning. For plants lowland and intermediate constant temperature between 10 ° and 30 ° Celsius and humidity above 70% is sufficient, otherwise for highland cultivation that require a change in temperature of about 15 degrees day and night is recommended then a terrarium able to recreate these conditions of life.
Here is a list of the most popular plants among the farmers:
Nepenthes truncata (highland and lowland) Nepenthes rajah (Highland) Nepenthes
apple snail (lowland) Nepenthes hookeriana (lowland) Nepenthes belly (lowland) Nepenthes ventricular (intermediate) Nepenthes miranda (intermediate) Nepenthes sanguiinea (intermediate) Nepenthes merilliana (lowland)
