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Carnivorous Plants (Sarraceniaceae family) / May, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright Ā©2006 William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.
Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Rural Habersham Co., GA (Carnivorous Plant Collection)
Have had this for over two years now.
Secret to longevity is wintering. Keep in a cool place. An unheated sunporch is ideal, where it gets any heat from neighboring rooms, just as long as the room stays above freezing. I have no such room, so I keep it in the 'fridge. Other times when it's not too cold outside, I keep it outdoors, in an enclosed, empty aquarium. Repot in a "soil-less" potting mix of peat and perlite, and keep soil where it is warmed by the sun. Keep damp at all times.
Sweet Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra), one of several species of Sarracenia found in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, North Carolina.
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Habitat. Nepenthes albomarginata T. Lobb ex Lindl. Nepentheceae. CN: [Malay - generically referred to as Periuk kera], Pitcher plant. Distribution - Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. In Peninsular Malaysia restricted in the hill and mountains in the west coasts states - common on Penang Hill, Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Gunung Ledang, Johor, Gunung Bubu, Perak. Slender terrestrial climber up to ca 2 (-10) m with a distinctive white band on the pitcher. N. albomarginata is notable for specializing in luring and trapping termites. This specialization to a single prey taxon is unique amongst carnivorous plants by luring the preys to feed the trichomes directly below the peristome.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Malayan Forest Records No. 40 Vol. 3
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?431409
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_albomarginata