Nepenthes hookeriana
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Nepenthes hookeriana, Lindl. (N. Loddigesii, Baxter. N. Hookeri, Alphand). Fig. 2462. Plants strong, young parts covered with brownish white pubescence: lvs. amplexicaul, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, veins 5 with radiating nerves: pitchers 2-5 x 1-3 in., dimorphic; lower subglobose, pale green with extensive purple blotchings; wings ample, doubly fringed; upper funnel shaped wings narrow not fringed, mouth oblique elevated into a neck behind. G.C. II. 16:813. I.H. 41, p. 145. G.W. 2:151. A.G. 18:877.—A vigorous, attractive and amenable plant that bears abundant pitchers of rich coloring. The writer regards it as a natural hybrid from Borneo between N. ampullaria and N. Rafflesiana, as it blends parental characters of these.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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