Nepenthes x Suki
Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: No
Native Range: Parents from tropical Malaysian, Intermediate to Highlands
Zones: 10-12 (9-13)
Nepenthes x Suki, is a fast growing dark burgundy hybrid carnivorous tropical pitcher plant with bright yellow peristomes. It is an Intermediate being a Lowland x Highland cross, and has a wide temperature range from temperate to tropical, 50°- 100°F (10°- 40C). It has stout, bulbous pitchers with green speckles on a dark red background. N. x Suki is a Borneo Exotics hybrid of N. rafflesiana x sibuyanensis. It is named in honor of Ms. Suki Harris. In cultivation is does well in moderately bright indirect light. Reduce watering in winter. It is a great house plant, that can be grown outdoors in the warm weather. It is excellent in the terrarium, and shaded greenhouse.
Plants are shipped bare-root, wrapped in damp sphagnum moss. Photographs are representative of species, and not the specific plant shipped.
Height: 18+"
Plant Type: Perennial, Tropical - Intermediate to Highland
Soil: Live Sphagnum Moss or Nepenthes Mix
Light: Medium Bright indirect indoors, filtered to partial sun outdoors
Use: Great house plant for the sunroom or does well in a terrarium or shaded greenhouse.
