Origin
South America
Light
Dappled shade
Watering
Twice a week
Care
Expert
Flowering
Foliage
Indoor
Népenthès Rajah
The largest known carnivorous plant: its crimson pitchers hold up to three litres of digestive fluid on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Borneo
Light
Bright indirect
Watering
Twice a week
Maintenance
Expert
The pitcher of Kinabalu
Confined to the ultramafic slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, this carnivorous plant produces the largest pitchers of its genus, able to hold more than three litres of digestive fluid.
Its purple pitchers trap insects and small vertebrates, while a local tree shrew uses them as a perch — an exchange that yields the nitrogen its poor soil withholds.
"The Rajah Pitcher Plant does not beg for its food: it receives it."
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Styling Tip 01
Bright filtered light
Plenty of brightness without scorching sun: behind a sheer curtain or under a grow light, never in full southern exposure.
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Styling Tip 02
Soft water only
Water with rainwater or distilled water and keep the medium constantly moist; lime is fatal to it.
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Styling Tip 03
Cool nights
A highland species: give it nights around 15 °C and never fertilise the growing medium.
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Origin
Southeast Asia
Light
Low to bright
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Foliage