Nepenthes with underground pitchers

Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415129

By Z_Y -  Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:29 pm
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- Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:29 pm #415129

Not sure if you guys saw this news:

https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2022/06/n ... a.html?m=1

https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/8 ... ment/4/45/

It seems like a newly described species N. pudica produces underground pitchers to catch ants. The leaves supporting these pitchers are reduced and achlorophyllous.

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Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415163

By Nepenthes0260 -  Sat Jun 25, 2022 3:26 pm
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- Sat Jun 25, 2022 3:26 pm #415163

So cool! Hope the trait passes over in cultivation.

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Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415177

By Carter -  Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:58 pm
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- Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:58 pm #415177

Wow! This is absolutely amazing, nepenthes adapting underground traps like utricularia.

Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415189

By Nepenthes0260 -  Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:03 pm
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- Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:03 pm #415189

One of the plants BCP sold of this species. So looks like it does translate to cultivation! Probably appreciates a very wide pot and a loose media mix, too.

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Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415920

By septembersapphire21 -  Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:50 am
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- Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:50 am #415920

I've recently heard of the underground Nep and I'm so excited to hear that the pitchers grow in the ground! Hopefully one day it can be grown in cultivation, I would like to grow one. Does anyone know if its a highland or lowland?

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Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415926

By Camden -  Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:37 am
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- Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:37 am #415926

From what I’ve heard, lowland.

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Re: Nepenthes with underground pitchers#415928

By Nepenthes0260 -  Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:23 am
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- Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:23 am #415928

Definitely lowland. If it's anything similar to its close relative N. hirsuta, it'll be a vigorous grower.

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