Nepenthes rajah x robcantleyi BE 4019

$65.00 – $89.00

Nepenthes rajah x robcantleyi BE 4019 was first introduced July 2020 by Borneo Exotics. It has taken decades of dedicated work to produce this dream hybrid. The female parent is a Nepenthes rajah, which is one of the four clones donated in-vitro from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in the 1990s. The male parent is the giant black Nepenthes robcantleyi, with the cultivar name ‘King of Spades’.

If you think of a dream hybrid between two species in the genus with the largest pitchers, this might well be it! It’s been decades in coming and Borneo Exotics only managed to germinate a single seed from the grex, so it’s of one clone and that’s the reason it’s taken a very long time to multiply up in their labs to the point where they can supply an at all.

From a single clone out of microprop. Plants are potted in a 4 inch pot filled with long fiber sphagnum moss plus perlite.

Description

Nepenthes rajah x robcantleyi BE 4019

Climate: Highland

Tropical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes sp.) Care

Best to use only pure water – rainwater, distilled water or RO water. Be careful of bottled water as some contain salt which will kill your Tropical Pitcher plant
Keep a small amount of pure water in each trap. Mist plants regularly.
Keep soil moist; but well drained at all times. Do Not let your Nepenthes sit in water
Nepenthes like partial sunny location. They grow well on windowsills or under fluorescent lights in a terrarium.
Soil is mixture 3 parts long fiber sphagnum with 1 part perlite or 1 part fine orchid bark.
Fertilize Nepenthes with foliar fertilizer. ¼ tsp of Maxsea per gallon of water, 2 times a month
Nepenthes like to grow warm: above 50 degrees. Ideal is 65 to 80 degrees with high humidity.

Note: Pitchers will change in color and shape as they mature. Often there are also several different clones in our mix, so the pitchers may vary slightly for this reason as well.