We are now offering Nepenthes! This Nepenthes is an unique seed grown plant we started back in 2025. We loved the idea of a pitcher with wings and fangs. We recommend to grow it in lowland conditions, meaning the plant wants a temperature of 85 degrees F during the day with a minimal drop in temperature at night.

Nepenthes are a tropical carnivorous vine with over 150 species and more are being discovered every year. The vine develops pitchers at the end of its leaves. These pitchers produce digestive fluid that trap and digest insects for nutrition.

Nepenthes are a tropical carnivorous vine with over 150 species and more are being discovered every year. The vine develops pitchers and the end of its leaves. These pitchers produce digestive fluid that trap and digest insects for nutrition.

Lighting: Nepenthes require high filtered light growing conditions. They want to be set in a southern window. If they get too much light it can burn the leaves. but too little light the plant will not produce pitchers. We grow ours under LED grow lights that we leave on for at least 13 hours a day.

Watering: Nepenthes thrive in humid conditions. If they are grown in low humidity the plant may not produce pitchers. Nepenthes do not like to be sitting in water it wants its substrate moist like a damp sponge.

Potting mix: Nepenthes grow in airy nutrient poor soil. We use a mix of long fibered sphagnum moss, coco chips and perlite. Nepenthes do not like to have their roots disturbed once they are a few years old so when we repot we will leave the roots in the original substrate and add new substrate around the root ball when placed into a new container.

Temperatures: Nepenthes thrive as an indoor plant. In some warmer southern states Nepenthes may be grown outdoors year round as long as the temperatures ranges between 85 degrees F during the day and not dipping below 50 degrees F at night.

Fertilizing: We use a combination of 17-5-17 with a liquid silica added to 70ppm of total dissolved solids. We over head water three times weekly and fertilize once a week making sure some of the fertilized water enters the traps.

We will ship this plant potted (4 inch pot) via USPS priority mail. Since Nepenthes are a tropical plant we recommend a 72 hour heat pack be added to the order for shipping. We cannot guarantee the pitchers will be intact during shipping but the plant will recover and adapt to its new environment and develop new pitchers over time. We typically ship orders out on Tuesdays.