Per Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holla...Read Morend, Netherlands:
"The carnivorous Nepenthes pervillei is one of the most well known Seychelles plants. It's interesting in many aspects. First of all it eats insects. But most interestingly, I think is the location where it grows. It's exclusively found on the African Seychelles while BY FAR most Nepenthes species are Asian. Just a handful of species are found in African and those are two species from Madagascar and pervillei from the Seychelles. This would make you expect that some species accidentally made a trip west and found a new home here. But the opposite is true. The African species turn out to be the ancient ancestral ones, and the Asian ones are the newbies. This fine plant can only be found on the islands Mahé and Silhouette where it grows on exposed areas on the higher hills. Here it climbs in shrubs covering them with loads of yellow pitchers. When the plants are young and not yet climbing they make red pitchers that likely attract a different prey. (Swipe for pictures). The skink sitting on top of one pitcher is also endemic."
Native to the Seychelles. CITES II listed,classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List 2002.
Attractive plant with pitchers up to 20...Read Morecm long, usually green to greeny yellow ( sometimes almost orange) with a red underside to the lid. Difficult to maintain in cultivation.
Locally abundant in the places where it is found.
Per Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holla...Read More
Native to the Seychelles. CITES II listed,classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List 2002.
Attractive plant with pitchers up to 20...Read More