Description
Nepenthes spectabilis Perkinson’s Giant BE3322
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.
BrianC (verified owner) –
Beautiful coloful plants. The packaging and service from Bergen Water Gardens is the best!
Larry Nau –
thank you Brian. We do our very best to insure your new Nepenthes arrives in the best possible condition!
Sara Mitchell (verified owner) –
Love this plant! Arrived extremely healthy with lots of pitchers! BWG is my favorite nursery. Their customer service is very good & their packaging is excellent!
Larry Nau –
Sara, enjoy this Giant G. Perkinson form of Nepenthes spectabilis. We can not wait to see what they look like when they mature.
Henry (verified owner) –
Nice plant with beautiful read leaves and striped peristome! The one I received was larger than the photos. It started putting out new leaves after about a week and took about about a month to start forming a new pitcher. Very excited to watch it keep growing!
Larry Nau –
Thank you for your order and enjoy your new Nepenthes