Pure or Hybrid:		Pure

Type:			Highland - Grows between 3000 feet &
			10,000  feet above  sea level.  They
			experience  warm days, cool   nights
			and continuous high humidity!

Origin:			Sabah, Borneo

Adult Pitcher:		Near 10" tall.

Lighting:		Needs  bright  light,  but not direct
			sun light.  If kept in  a greenhouse,
			it requires 50% shade cloth.

Watering:		Water from above and allow the excess
			to drain into a tray. Water like this
			when water is gone from the tray!

Comments:		This  is the "King" of the  Nepenthes
			species.  It  is  thought to  be  the
			largest pitchering plant in the world
			but that is  debatable.  Its pitchers
			have  been found  to hold  up to four
			quarts  of  digestive  juice and  its
			pitchers have  been found  to contain
			mice, rats and birds!
					


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