Nepenthes rajah, BE-3152 lowland All photos on this page

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

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

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

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

Nepenthes aristolochioides tends to pass along very dominant genes which is the case with this hybrid

Nepenthes rajah, BE-3152 lowland All photos on this pageThis 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