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Through tissue culture these plants are becoming more widely available as house plants, but they are quite difficult to look after. Depending upon the species they are grown on pearlite or vermiculite, fine bark or lava rock, or peat.
They require a minimum of 10C and higher in some species. Degree of humidity is also important a normal living room being too dry for them to thrive
Nepenthes need bright condition but not direct sun
Can be grown from seed, but raided commercially from tissue culture
These estimates for how long Nepenthes takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
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Alata is Latin for “wings” or “having wings”.1
The pitchers are a mini eco systemic their own right, the prey they trap attacks other animals. For example frogs can lay eggs in them or bats roost inside
Pitcher plant, Monkey Cups
Nepenthes L.