Nepenthes maxima

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 Nepenthes maxima subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nepenthes maxima, Reinw. (W. celebica, Hook. f. N. Curtisii, Mast. N. fallax, G. Beck). Lvs. amplexicaul, petiolate, elliptic with brown ciliate margin: pitchers dimorphic to trimorphic, lower ventricose below, cylindric above; wings expanded, fringed; middle pitchers cylindric with narrow unfringed wings; upper funnel shaped with wings reduced to cords; all pale green, heavily blotched or overlaid by purple areoles; peristome cylindric in front, expanded and undulate posteriorly, green-purple to dark purple; lid cordate with basal crest and subapical spur within. G.C. III. 2:689; 6:661. B.M. 7138. I.H. 35:59.—A richly colored species that is native to Celebes, Borneo, and N. Guinea, and that was intro. by Curtis from Borneo. It thrives well, flowers freely, and has been a parent of some striking hybrids.


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