Growing Guide: Nepenthes talangensis x robcantleyi

Nepenthes talangensis x robcantleyi
Photo: Predatory Plants

About a week ago, Predatory Plants posted about some very large Nepenthes talangensis x robcantleyi that they had just imported from Borneo Exotics. Ordinarily, nurseries do not import such large plants because it's difficult to sell a number of large plants for the prices that such large plants would command (and it's also easier to damage large plants). I don't know if, or when, Predatory Plants will be offering these plants for sale.

Nepenthes talangensis x robcantleyi
Back in June

That post by Predatory Plants caught my eye because I actually bought an N. talangensis x robcantleyi earlier this year. Although smaller, it's definitely one of the most spectacular hybrids that I own. I have found it very easy to grow, and I would highly recommend it to other growers. Even at a young stage, the pitchers are spectacularly colored, and they only get better as the plant gets larger.

For my part, I treat the plants as standard highlanders, potted in 1:1 perlite and long-fiber sphagnum moss. (I usually use this brand of NZ sphagnum). Nights have to be cool, humidity decent, and the plants given bright light. Unlike some highlanders, the humidity does not have to be spectacularly high to induce pitchering, and, more happily, this hybrid seems to be able to take warmer temperatures than Nepenthes talangensis.