N. ‘Bill Bailey’ x robcantleyi – best selected clone

Description

Updated for Feb 2026 after more than 1½ years! Updated for Feb 2026 after more than 1½ years! Selected out of many different clones for its large pitchers with uniform deep purple colouration as the photos and videos here clearly show.The female parent is the famed cultivar Nepenthes ‘Bill Bailey’ (= N. singalana x ventricosa), and the male parent is the giant black N. robcantleyi, with the cultivar name ‘King of Spades’. The correct Latin name for this cultivar is N. (singalana x ventricosa) x robcantleyi.History:First introduced to cultivation in Nov 2019.Origin:Horticultural, bred by Borneo Exotics.Source:From a single carefully selected clone.Photo notes:The nursery shots shown here are of the same clone as plants shipped. The last photos in the series show plants of typical sale sizes in order of size S, M & L (when available). Selected out of many different clones for its large pitchers with uniform deep purple colouration as the photos and videos here clearly show. The female parent is the famed cultivar Nepenthes ‘Bill Bailey’ (= N. singalana x ventricosa), and the male parent is the giant black N. robcantleyi, with the cultivar name ‘King of Spades’. The correct Latin name for this cultivar is N. (singalana x ventricosa) x robcantleyi. History:First introduced to cultivation in Nov 2019. Origin:Horticultural, bred by Borneo Exotics. Source:From a single carefully selected clone. Photo notes:The nursery shots shown here are of the same clone as plants shipped. The last photos in the series show plants of typical sale sizes in order of size S, M & L (when available). Climate:'Highland'. We grow it between about 26 deg. C (80 deg. F) in the daytime, down to 12 deg. C (54 deg. F) at night, although it will certainly tolerate temperatures well outside this range.

Parent species

• N. bill
• N. robcantleyi

Details

BE code

BE-3965

Type

hybrid

Climate

Highland

Sizes

Small, Medium, Large