Nepenthes veitchii
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| Nepenthes veitchii from Bario, Sarawak | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. veitchii |
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Nepenthes veitchii Hook.f. (1859) |
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Nepenthes veitchii (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˈveɪtʃi.aɪ/ or /ˈviːtʃi.aɪ/; after James Veitch, nurseryman of the Veitch Nurseries), or Veitch's Pitcher-Plant, is a Nepenthes species from the island of Borneo. The plant is widespread in north-western Borneo and can also be found in parts of Kalimantan. Nepenthes veitchii usually grows as an epiphyte, though the form from Bario seems to be strictly terrestrial and has not been observed to climb trees.
Frederick William Burbidge described the growth habit of N. veitchii in The Gardeners' Chronicle as follows:
Now as to N. Veitchii. This is a true epiphyte. I never met with it on the ground anywhere, but in great quantity 20—100 feet high on tree trunks. Its distichous habit is unique, I fancy, and then some of the leaves actually clasp around the tree just as a man would fold his arms around it in similar circumstances. No other species of Nepenthes, so far as I know, has this habit.
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