Nepenthes veitchii Cultivation Guide
 

Name: Nepenthes veitchii

Highland/Lowland: Both Lowland forms and highland forms
Country of Origin: Borneo,Indonesia
Natural Habitat: Grows epiphytically (on trees)
Described by: Frederick William Burbidge

Cultivation Guide:

Cultivation ease: Easy
Lighting: 80% to full sunlight
Potting Medium: Cocopeat, Cocochips,Sphagnum moss
Temperature: Intermediate
Humidity: 50% to 90%
Watering: Once a day

Propagation: Stem Cutting, Seeds.

Remarks:

A very beautiful species with very large flaring peristome which comes with different colour and forms.

This species grows well in full sun and can be very slow growing for a few years.

Veitchii 'Hose mountains' and veitchii 'pink' from MT are females.

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If I may add, some H/L form especially from Bario tends to grow as ground dwelling plant rather than as epiphtye.

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The Pink form Veitchii which I have seem to not be happy in Lowland conditions, now that we get rain and thus cooler temperatures, it has started to produce small to medium pitchers.

I also heard that because of the very short internodes of Veitchii stem cutting is a bit of a challenge.

Ali, great work on the guide! I like how you put in ease of cultivation info. :)

TTFN
Arvin

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Mine is growing in the same conditions as my other neps. Mine is the Hose Mountain form.

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Does veitchii hose mountain and bario do well here?

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Kit1212,
Both can do OK here.

From my own experience, I found N. veitchii to be a fussy plant. Even for L/L N. veitchii... it can decide to stop making pitchers all the sudden, then keep on growing a few leaves then start to produce one or two pithcers and the process will repeat itself. As I'm still new to neps, I would rate cultivation ease for N. veitchii as easy to moderate. :blush:

Please note that my experince is only base on L/L outdoor tropical growing condition.

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This may sound stupid but I have to ask.Will veitchii produce bigger pitcher if given cooling condition compare to lowland condition?

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lowland veitchii are found mostly around hills and mt, growing epiphytically (on tree branches and tree crowns) and lithophytically( on rocks). It prefered all year round-airy, cool and humid conds thus seldom found around sea level where it's drier and warm.

To answer your question - yes, provision of cooling conds will produce bigger pitcher.

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Is the 'Hose mountains' form a highlander?

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I guess so since i have it and it produces very small pitchers for me...