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Nepenthes hirsuta

post Labels: Pitcher plants Nepenthes hirsutaLocation : Mt. More

a Nepenthes Hirsuta based on photographs I have seen in The Savage Garden. My problem is it has stopped growing pitchers. It has been growing leaves like crazy but the pitchers shrivel up and fall off. More

Nepenthes hirsuta was a species I first purchased in 1993 from California Carnivores as a rooted cutting. Back then, I used to grow my Nepenthes as hanging plants in front of a window. Later, I made a large terraium and grew the plant in a closet under grow lights. Eventually I had to move and I gave the plant away. I remember N. hirsuta had a "hairy" growing stem. I've seen two varieties for sale; green and spotted. More