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Large plants with a leafspan of 8 inches and larger. The "flared peristome" form has nice cylindrical pitchers with widely flaring peristomes. The image shows a typical sale plant growing in a 4.5 inch pot. Nepenthes fusca is a highland plant native to Borneo. Your Nepenthes fusca will be shipped bare-root, with damp Sphagnum moss to protect the roots.
Cultivation
As is true of other highland Nepenthes species, it 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 into the upper 80s or 90s are tolerated.
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