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keeping with its swampy habitat, it seems to like a more dense, peaty compost.
Watering: Unlike most Nepenthes, N. mirabilis prefers to sit in water. Cultivation Difficulty: Easy (1). Propagation: Easy from cuttings; some varieties can be rooted in water. Distribution: Indochina to Palau and Australia, also widespread throughout Malesia.1 Ecology: Found in a wide range of habitats, but most abundant in swampy areas or grasslands; usually below 200 m, but up to 1500 m.1 |
| N. mirabilis v. smilesii upper pitcher |
| N. mirabilis is a an easy lowlander. Many forms exist, the most beautiful being v. smilesii, in our opinion (pictured). However, we have found that this variety does not readily produce basal shoots, unlike other varieties of the species. Other particularly beautiful varieties have red or pink tinted pitchers. This plant grows at a fairly quick rate, and is easily reproduced from cuttings. |
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| 1 M. Jebb and M. Cheek, A Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae), Blumea 42(1), 1997, pp. 64-65. |