Nepenthes leonardoi (Female, L)

Description

Clone: Nepenthes leonardoi — Female, Large (L)

🌿 About this plant

Nepenthes leonardoi is a recently described species from the Philippines, named after Filipino botanist Leonard Co. It is known for producing attractively coloured pitchers with green to yellow-green colouration and a prominent, well-developed peristome. This female clone is a collector's specimen — true leonardoi in the Indian market is rare. The Large size designation means this is a well-established, actively pitchering plant that will immediately be a highlight of any collection.

N. leonardoi female plants are of interest for crossbreeding with highland Philippine Nepenthes species. We recommend connecting with the wider Nepenthes community to arrange pollen sharing if you're interested in seed production from this rare species.

✨ Why collectors choose it

• Recently described Palawan species named for botanist Leonard Co
• Green to yellow-green pitchers with a prominent well-developed peristome
• Confirmed female L specimen — genuinely scarce in India

📊 Care at a glance

🌡️ Detailed care

• ☀️ Light: Bright indirect to moderate direct light. Tropical intermediate species — adapts to Indian conditions with good air circulation.
• 💧 Water: Distilled or RO water. Keep medium consistently moist. Top-water or tray-water.
• 🌫️ Humidity: 65–80% RH. More adaptable than many Philippine Nepenthes.
• 🌡️ Temperature: 20–30 °C. Intermediate range — grows well at moderate altitude in India.
• 🪴 Medium: Long-fibre sphagnum with 20% perlite.

🌱 Establishing your plant in India

• 🫧 Week 1: unbox immediately, sit the pot in a bright, shaded, humid spot and let the plant settle for 3–4 days before any repotting
• 🪴 Repotting: only if needed — use fresh long-fibre sphagnum or a sphagnum-perlite mix in a plastic pot with drainage; never garden soil or fertiliser
• 💦 Water: keep the medium damp with rain / RO / distilled water; a 5–10 mm tray of water is fine in hot weather
• 🌬️ Airflow: once acclimatised, avoid a permanently sealed box — moving air improves pitcher formation
• 🐜 Feeding: optional — a few small insects per month once pitchers are active; no fertiliser in the medium

📦 What you will receive

• 1 established, actively-growing plant — one clump per order (sold individually)
• Bag-incubated, then hardened to open-air growth before dispatch
• At least 1–2 live pitchers or forming pitchers at the time of packing
• Printed India-specific Nepenthes care card

🚚 Shipping & order policy

🇮🇳 Ships across India. Prepaid orders only — Cash on Delivery is disabled because carnivorous plants do not survive the darkness and dehydration of a return transit cycle. Orders are packed in batches alongside live lab work; typical processing time is 2–6 weeks depending on the plant and the season. We pause dispatch during peak monsoon (December–January). Every plant is a unique living specimen — the one you receive will vary slightly from the photographs.