After growing lots of house plants you can get bored with the more common ones. This one is sure to catch eyes. This plant is carnivorous. These plants grow in bogs and swamps and other low nutrient areas. Giving them fertilizer will kill most of them. They catch bugs and dissolve the bugs in pitchers much as we dissolve food in our stomaches. The pitchers on this guy look large enough to eat very large bugs or even small lizards.
You can put this plant out side in the summer. It needs to be in a shady area if you do that. It MUST be brought back into the house when the temperature nears 50′F. It will not tolerate cold weather. It is extremely cold sensitive. [ * note: this originally said 40'F but I've found it gets very unhappy at any temperatures below 50'. If yours does get cold damage, just cut off the damaged leaves, then re-pot. You can re-pot it deeper and bury some of the stem where there are no leaves at the bottom. ]
You want a bright window for it, but not direct sun. An east or west window is best. If all your windows are sunny, move it back from the window a bit. It will burn easily. Keep the soil wet and put a little water in each of the pitchers when you water.
Nepenthes loves humidity so it makes a great plant for your kitchen or bathroom.
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Carnivorous plant eats mouse
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