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Nepenthes maxima, Reinw. (W. celebica, Hook. f. N. Curtisii, Mast. N. fallax, G. Beck). Lvs. amplexicaul, petiolate, elliptic with brown ciliate margin: pitchers dimorphic to trimorphic, lower ventricose below, cylindric above; wings expanded, fringed; middle pitchers cylindric with narrow unfringed wings; upper funnel shaped with wings reduced to cords; all pale green, heavily blotched or overlaid by purple areoles; peristome cylindric in front, expanded and undulate posteriorly, green-purple to dark purple; lid cordate with basal crest and subapical spur within. G.C. III. 2:689; 6:661. B.M. 7138. I.H. 35:59.—A richly colored species that is native to Celebes, Borneo, and N. Guinea, and that was intro. by Curtis from Borneo. It thrives well, flowers freely, and has been a parent of some striking hybrids.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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