Nepenthes ampullaria | Brunei Red | 6 - 10 cm

Returning for June 2023 after 6 months!

This classic swamp-dwelling species is one of the few that will develop basal rosettes when larger, giving the appearance of a carpet of pitchers with few or no leaves. It grows easily in acidic media with high temperatures and humidity.

The female parent is the ‘Williams Red’ form of the species, which remains the deepest and purest red form we have ever seen and used to be sold as rooted cuttings under the code ‘CR-1’. The male parent is a selected clone of N. ampullaria ‘Harlequin’ that used to be sold as rooted cuttings under CR-48.  This particular clone was selected from a large number of candidate clones for its excellent coloration. It was originally named as N. ampullaria ‘Harlequin’ from the appearance of photos taken in about 2006. However, from what we can now see, the darker red flecks on the pitcher body that give rise to the description ‘Harlequin’ seem to be absent. It has therefore been renamed to N. ampullaria ‘Brunei Red’ 

First introduced: March 2006

Origin: Horticultural, bred by Borneo Exotics from specimen parent plants.

Source: From a single selected clone out of microprop.

History: First introduced in March 2006 on our old PDF price list, after we closed our lowland nurseries in 2012, it became unavailable for 5 years. It was added to our shop for the first time in Aug 2018, but only as in-vitro plants in sterile culture. The first time it was offered on our shop as nursery-grown plants was in Nov 2021 when t sold out immediately. It returned for April 2022 and was renamed in light of recent information – see next section.

Description:  The female parent is the ‘Williams Red’ form of the species, which remains the deepest and purest red form we have ever seen and used to be sold as rooted cuttings under the code CR-1. The male parent is a selected clone of N. ampullaria ‘Harlequin’ that used to be sold as rooted cuttings under CR-48. This particular clone was selected from a large number of candidate clones for its excellent coloration.

Note: This item was originally named as N. ampullaria ‘Harlequin’ from the appearance of photos taken in about 2006. However, from what we can see, at least under our current growing conditions, the darker red flecks on the pitcher body that give rise to the description ‘Harlequin’ seem to be absent. It has therefore been renamed to N. ampullaria ‘Brunei Red’

Climate: Lowland