Nepenthes rajah, BE-3152 lowland It produces bright red and

It produces bright red and black speckled pitchers with a stunning striped red and lime green peristome

The pitchers start out vibrantly striped cream and red then darken to red and black striped as they age

This is a spectacular form Nepenthes maxima used extensively in the Borneo Exotics breeding program

All photos on this page of from the exact clone (271)

Its signature characteristic is a white ring underneath the peristome which functions as an extremely effective termite bait

Nepenthes rajah, BE-3152 lowland It produces bright red andThis enigmatic species is one of the most famous carnivorous plants. Nepenthes rajah grows on the slopes of Mt. Kinabalu and other neighboring mountains within Kinabalu National Park in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The leaves reach huge size and weve observed some to be over 4 feet long. The deep, red pitchers are one of the largest in the genus and have been fabled to eat monkeys and rats. Though its uncertain if the pitchers have evolved