N. villosa – best selected clone: BE-3225

Selected many years ago from amongst 22 clones for its vigour, this clone is known to be far easier to grow than any example of this species offered by vendors elsewhere. N. villosa is renowned for being difficult to grow and usually needs very cool night temperatures. However, we don’t find this with our clone. The photos shown here are from plants of this clone grown in our nurseries, which never drop below 12 deg C at night (the maximum temperature might reach 30 deg C on a hot day). The difficult stage for this species is when plants are small and tender, but when established and hardened, they are not so difficult, but still slow. Although these plants are slightly smaller than our usual “small” size, having a leaf canopy of at least 3.5cm (1 ½”) in diameter, they are considerably larger than the last time we offered them, some years back. They are VERY well-hardened. Please note that it is a characteristic of this species that sometimes plants may have a healthy leaf canopy and pitchers, and poorly developed root systems.