N. X hookeriana
purchase date: 10 / 94
arrived as a rooted cutting
plant origin: California Carnivores
photo taken:  11 / 06

Nepenthes X hookeriana is a famous naturally occurring hybrid between two lowland parents: N. rafflesiana and N. ampullaria. There is some variation with this hybrid. I've seen some with more red and varying degrees of pitcher shape. I got this plant a LONG time ago when I was growing my first Nepenthes under grow lights in a terrarium set-up in my closet. When I moved, it turned into a bedroom plant because I couldn't use the grow chamber anymore. I almost got rid of it because it never did anything for me. I figured that it needed higher humidity and temperatures than I could provide as a house plant. Then finally it put out a basal shoot and I got my first pitcher. Other growers that have success with lowlanders can easily grow this hybrid in typical lowland conditions. But this plant is a little more difficult for me as an intermediate indoors. Maybe if I had a few other varieties to experiment with I might be able to better assess its versatility as an intermediate indoors. So for now, if you can grow N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana, and N. bicalcarata to name a few great lowlanders, then you can easily grow this hybrid.  

Cultivation: difficult indoors as an intermediate, easy as a typical lowlander
Market availability: size 3, large plants, rooted cuttings; common
Species variability: variation with pitcher shape and coloration; some more red with splotchiness
$ / size: inexpensive to moderate $20.00 and up for larger plants
Cuttings: none available for trade
Sex: unknown