Heliamphora pulchella

Heliamphora pulchella

Heliamphora pulchella is a präkarnivore plant species from the genus of marsh pitchers ( Heliamphora ). The species was first described in 2005 among other things based on herbarium material and placed against the closely related Heliamphora minor.

Description

The leaves of the plant is 5 to 20 cm in diameter up to 8 cm wide tubes. The inner leaf is sparsely provided with bristly hairs that are up to several millimeters long. A helmet-shaped " cap " that is up to 10 times 8 millimeters long and short- stalked, sitting on the tube edge.

Flowers

At the end of a 50 -centimeter-long stem is a flower with a diameter of around 10 centimeters. It has four white to pale pink, oblong- lanceolate petals that are about five inches long and two inches wide. These include ten to fifteen stamens with three to four millimeters long anthers.

Dissemination

The type found on several Venezuelan tepuis of Chimanta region. It prefers full sun, occasionally flooded sites in shallow waters.

Etymology

The name Heliamphora is composed of the Greek words for swamp and jug; the epithet pulchella refers to the special beauty of Art

Swell

• Andreas Wistuba et al.: Heliamphora pulchella, a new Heliamphora minor with related species from the Chimanta region, Venezuela. The Taublatt, 53, pp. 42-50, 2005 Full Text ( PDF, German, 775 kB)