Nepenthes ventricosa

Nepenthes ventricosa

Nepenthes ventricosa is a carnivorous plant in the genus pitcher plants ( Nepenthes ). It was first described in 1837 by the Spanish botanist Francisco Manuel Blanco. The specific epithet from the Latin word " ventricosus " is borrowed ventricosa, which " paunchy " means and alludes to the characteristic shape of the cans.

Description

Nepenthes ventricosa is an evergreen shrub, either terrestrial or epiphytic lives and is characterized by climbing habit. The stems can thereby be up to six feet long. At the age lignified plant and the driving out of wood often numerous young shoots from. The alternate arranged leaves of Nepenthes ventricosa are narrow - lanceolate. They have a smooth, leathery surface and can adapt to the lighting conditions of their environment (depending sunny it gets, the more compact the leaf blades fall off) their surface volume.

The pitchers of Nepenthes ventricosa are in the upper third funnel-shaped, on the other hand bulged conspicuously bag formed in the lower part. The peristome is quite narrow and has completely typical " spikes", similar to the outer edge of a gear. The cover is tongue- shaped and usually strongly inclined backwards. The coloration of the pitchers is light-dependent, in full sun, they are scarlet.

Inflorescences and flowers

Nepenthes ventricosa is dioecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( dioecious ), the female and male flowers are therefore located on different plants. Like most of her relatives also forms Nepenthes ventricosa Rispige inflorescences ( inflorescences ) from. The unisexual flowers have five bracts, greenish or - in full sunlight - can be dark brown.

Dissemination

Nepenthes ventricosa is mainly native to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines and Malaysia. She lives in mist-shrouded mountain forests at altitudes up to 2000 meters.

Nepenthes ventricosa as an ornamental plant

Because of its unpretentiousness are hybrids of Nepenthes ventricosa popular ornamental and plant collector. They are available in many hardware stores and garden centers either as a plant in a pot or as pinzierte hanging plant. Mostly it is here to Nepenthes ventricosa x alata, although the plants are usually labeled as "pure" Nepenthes ventricosa Nepenthes alata or.

Swell

  • Adrian Slack: Carnivorous plants; MIT Press -Verlag, 2000, pp. 85, ISBN 0-262-69089-6
  • Guido Braem: Carnivorous Plants, Nature -Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-89440-014-5
  • Nepenthes ventricosa
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