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Nepenthes tentaculata is a highland plant native to Borneo and Celebes. This form of tentaculata is from Gunung Murud. Small, well established plants with a leafspan of 3 inches. Most with nice pitchers. Your Nepenthes tentaculata will be shipped bare-root, with damp Sphagnum moss to protect the roots.
Cultivation
Nepenthes tentaculata can be an easy Nepenthes to grow. 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 to as low as 45 - 50. Given cool nights, warm days into the 80s are tolerated.
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