Nepenthes mirabilis

Common swamp pitcher plant

The most widespread Nepenthes, found from southern China and Indochina through Malesia to New Guinea, Palau and Cape York in Australia. It is a hot lowland plant of swamps, wet grassland and open, disturbed ground, usually in bright light. It is very variable and hybridises with more species than any other Nepenthes, so plants in the trade vary a lot.

Nepenthes mirabilis — Photo: apes_abroad, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A lowland climber and scrambler of swamps, swampy grassland, peaty or sandy wet ground, roadside ditches and forest edges. It usually grows in open or lightly shaded places, often among sedges and shrubs, with its roots in permanently wet soil.

Almost entirely a lowland plant. The 9 records with an elevation span 2–678 m, median 43 m.

Southern China and HainanIndochina and ThailandPeninsular MalaysiaBorneoSumatra and JavaSulawesi and MalukuPhilippines (Mindanao)New GuineaPalau and YapQueensland (Cape York)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.