Nepenthes veitchii

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Nepenthes veitchii

N. veitchii from Bario, Sarawak

Conservation status

Near Threatened

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. veitchii

Binomial name

Nepenthes veitchii
Hook.f. (1859)

Synonyms

Nepenthes lanata
Lindl. ex Mast. (1872)
Nepenthes sanguinea
auct. non Lindl.: Mast. (1882)
Nepenthes veitchii
auct. non Hook.f.: End. (1927)
[=N. fusca]
Nepenthes villosa
auct. non Hook.f.: Hook. (1858)
[=N. veitchii/N. villosa]

Nepenthes veitchii (after George Veitch, nurseryman of the Veitch Nurseries) is a Nepenthes species from the island of Borneo. The plant is widespread in north-western Borneo and can also be found in parts of Kalimantan. N. veitchii usually grows as an epiphyte, though the form from Bario seems to be strictly terrestrial in nature and has not been observed to climb trees.

Frederick William Burbidge described the growth habit of N. veitchii in The Gardeners' Chronicle as follows:^[1]^[2]

I never met with it on the ground anywhere, but in great quantity 20 to 100 feet high on tree-trunks. Its distichous habit is unique, I fancy, and then some of the leaves actually clasp around the trunk just as a man would fold his arms around it in similar circumstances.

Odoardo Beccari found N. veitchii on the top of Mount Santubong in 1865. He wrote the following account of his discovery:^[3]^[2]

This is one of the finest and rarest of all pitcher-plants. [...] Some of the specimens I got measured quite ten inches in length. The mouth of the pitcher in this species is certainly its most conspicuous and remarkable part by reason of its rich orange colour and its vertical position. It is also a perfect trap to entice insects into its interior, attracting them from a distance by its bright colours. Sir Joseph Hooker compares the mouth of the pitchers of N. veitchii to the gills of a fish, to which, indeed, with their narrow lamellae converging to the centre, they bear considerable resemblance.

[edit] Forms and varieties

The following forms and varieties of N. veitchii have been described. Both are nomina nuda and are not considered valid taxa.

Nepenthes veitchii f. barioensis Y.Fukatsu (1999) nom.nud.
Nepenthes veitchii striata Veitch (1892) nom.nud.

[edit] Natural hybrids

The following natural hybrids involving N. veitchii have been recorded.

N. albomarginata × N. veitchii
N. chaniana × N. veitchii
N. fusca × N. veitchii [=?N. hurrelliana]
N. hurrelliana × N. veitchii [=?(N. fusca × N. veitchii) × N. veitchii]
N. lowii × N. veitchii
N. stenophylla × N. veitchii

[edit] References

^ Burbidge, F.W. 1882. Notes on the New Nepenthes. The Gardeners' Chronicle Vol. XVII: 56.
^ ^a ^b Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
^ Beccari, O. 1904. Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo. Constable, London.

Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes veitchii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, pp. 131-135.
Dodd, C. 1990. Nepenthes veitchii.PDF Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 19(3-4): 106-108.