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Accession Data:

Nepenthes maxima Reinw.

  • Common Name: The Great Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Nepenthaceae Dumort.
  • Synonym(s): Unresolved name - perhaps synonymous with N. celebica or N. curtisii??

  • Country of Origin: Borneo, New Guinea

  • Description: Nepenthes maxima is a highland species occuring principally above 1000 meters (3250ft). This carnivorous plant is grown for the aesthetic value of its urn traps. The urns have a wide peristome and a marbled appearence. The prey can be butterflies, but are usually smaller insects.
  • Culture:
    • Size - can reach 10 feet
    • Light - full sun for outdoor cultivation, filtered light for indoors
    • Water - compost and atmosphere must be very moist and humid
  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501189
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1216 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-29-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Nepenthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
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2021
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References (internal):

  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Maluku / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea

References (external):

  1. Carnivorous Plants, Marcel Lecoufle, 1993
  2. Nepenthes maxima at Wikipedia. Accessed 19 May 2015.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  4. Nepenthes maxima at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, February 12, 2018.
  5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) taken as screen shot of multiple images by Thomas Gronemeyer [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Monday, July 09, 2018.

data regenerated on Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:48:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Nepenthes maxima

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Current Accessions in the Nepenthaceae

  • Nepenthes alata
  • Nepenthes albomarginata
  • Nepenthes copelandii W/C
  • Nepenthes maxima
  • Nepenthes mirabilis W/C
  • Nepenthes sanguinea
  • Nepenthes truncata
W/C = Wild Collected
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