|
Small plants with a leafspan of 2-4 inches. Most with small immature pitchers as you see in the image. Nepenthes bongso is a highland plant native to Sumatra. This is a moderately fast grower. This is a clone that develops dark purple/black pitchers when mature. Your Nepenthes bongso will be shipped bare-root, with damp Sphagnum moss to protect the roots.
Cultivation
As is true of other highland Nepenthes species, N. bongso prefers a well-drained media, which usually includes a generous portion of long-fiber Sphagnum moss. Other soil ingredients may include peat moss, washed sand, horticultural charcoal, orchid bark and Osmunda fiber. Water as the surface of the soil just begins to get dry. Never let it sit in water. Highland Nepenthes require cool nights to grow well and form pitchers. They like to be kept humid. In general, night temperatures should drop below 60F nightly. Given cool nights, warm days well into the 80s or 90s are tolerated.
|
