This twinning carnivorous plant has oblong mid green leaves and produces cylindrical pitchers at the apex for catching insects. The inconspicuous greenish flowers appear during summer and are not commonly produced under cultivation.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12

Nepenthes alatais naturally found in tropical Asia growing in jungles as an epiphyte or terrestrial plant in decomposed organic rich moist soils that are tending acidic. It prefers a semi-shaded wind protected humid position and is frost and drought tender.

This Tropical Pitcher Plant is grown for its unusual pitchers and is planted in tropical gardens as a specimen. It is also grown in potted collections as curiosity plant and in cold climates is placed under glass or in a conservatory. It establishes from division in 2 to 3 years and may be grown as an epiphyte on trees or in a hanging basket.ID 1009

Nepenthes(nay-PEN-theez) alata (ah-LAH-tah)

Nepenthaceae(NEP-en-THAY-see-ee)
Pitcher Plant