FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hi y'all,

I received this N. albomarginata red, back in November of last year from CZ Plants. This plant is growing in a five inch pot.



At first the pitchers didn't make the white collars that this plant is known for. But as larger pitchers were made, the white collar became more prominent on each successive pitcher.









This is an easy and worthwhile plant to grow that does quite well in intermediate conditions.

dvg

Beautiful pitchers! Congrats

Wow, I think that this is the first Nepenthes I've seen photos of that I would consider making room for. Nice looking plant dvg, thanks for sharing the photos of it!

Haha, love the nickname! And very cool looking Nep.

lovely looking plant,is it in high light to get the colours so vibrant,i have a burbridgea its leaves were as red as them so for an experiment i gave it less light,it made a big difference,the leaves stayed greener and pitchers had alot less red in them,do not know which i prefer,but yours looks really cool,is it a lowland?

isnt that white strip supposed to lure termites to the pitcher? I think i read that in the book growing carnivorous plants.

Brilliant and healthy looking plant! I dont really have room for one of them, and im out alot so wouldnt be without a watering tray!

nice coloration! i really want that now.

kaepora gaebora wrote:isnt that white strip supposed to lure termites to the pitcher? I think i read that in the book growing carnivorous plants.

yes it is

Thanks for the comments,

This is considered a lowland plant but grows under lights in my basement in intermediate conditions. It isn't under high level lighting and actually sits off to the side of any direct fluorescent lighting.

The white collar is made up of edible trichomes, that termites apparently love to munch on. However, the odd clumsy termite does manage to stumble over the edge of some of these peristomes and drop down into the pitchers, making this a win/win feeding proposition for both species.

dvg

I haven't seen leaves like that before. Congrats, man.