$29
Median asking price
$27–$30
Middle half of prices
4
Listings seen
2
In stock now
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Median time to sell (0 timed)
How rare is it?
Wild: Vulnerable Uncommon in trade (early)
In the wild: Vulnerable. IUCN Red List: vulnerable. Native to Philippines (Mindanao).
For collectors: Uncommon in trade. 4 listings at 2 shops in 12 days; 2 in stock now. Early estimate: under a month of history.
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Asking prices, and what sold| Shop | Listings | In stock | Sold | Sold median | Asking median | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnivero | 2 | 2 | $27 | $25 | $30 | ||
| Predatory Plants | 2 | $30 | $27 | $33 |
What the nurseries call it: Highland (Predatory Plants); Intermediate (Carnivero)
Growing conditions
Highland Nepenthes by day by night a typical home the coldest it takes
Houseplant with some help Fine indoors if you can meet one or two extra needs.
- nights 10-20°F cooler than days, ideally below ~60°F (a cool room or a home that drops at night)
- humidity 50%+ helps; many acclimate to less
- dislikes days over ~85°F
Grows at 1,450–1,900 m in the wild.
| Day | 70–82°F (21–28°C) |
| Night | 50–60°F (10–16°C) |
| Never below | 40°F (4°C) |
| Humidity | 60–90% |
| Light | Bright indirect light; good airflow |
| Water | Mineral-free only (rain, distilled, RO; TDS under ~100 ppm, ideally much lower); damp, not waterlogged; no tray. |
| Media | Long-fibre sphagnum + perlite, optional orchid bark |
| Dormancy | none (needs a nightly drop of 10-20F year-round) |
Tom's: ~20-25C days / 10-15C nights, RH at least 50% by day and higher at night. California Carnivores: 70s-80s F days, 50-60s F nights, never below 40F or above 90F. NECPS allows nights down to the 40s F. Highland plants kept warm at night slowly decline.
Likely best temperatures. From its habitat at 1,450–1,900 m: days 23–28 °C (73–82 °F), nights 13–18 °C (55–64 °F). A night-time drop of a few degrees helps; a cooler room at night suits it.
Worked out the way Tom's Carnivores' Nepenthes calculator does it. An estimate: parentage, clone and how a plant was raised all matter, and plants often grow well outside it.
Nepenthes petiolata: 1,450–1,900 m · Philippines (Mindanao) · IUCN VU · source