---
product_id: 16119823
title: "Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3\" Pot"
brand: "predatory plants"
price: "¥2041"
currency: JPY
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/16119823-carnivorous-tropical-pitcher-plant-nepenthes-ventricosa-3-pot
store_origin: JP
region: Japan
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# Live Plant Care Instructions 3" Pot Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3" Pot

**Brand:** predatory plants
**Price:** ¥2041
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌟 Elevate Your Green Game with a Touch of the Wild!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3" Pot by predatory plants
- **How much does it cost?** ¥2041 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/16119823-carnivorous-tropical-pitcher-plant-nepenthes-ventricosa-3-pot)

## Best For

- predatory plants enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted predatory plants brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **🌍 Eco-Friendly:** Sustainably sourced New Zealand sphagnum moss included.
- • **📏 Perfect Size:** Compact 3" pot fits seamlessly into any decor.
- • **🚚 Ready to Grow:** Shipped bareroot for optimal health and vitality.
- • **📝 Care Made Easy:** Comes with detailed care sheet for hassle-free growth.
- • **🌿 Nature's Predator:** Transform your space with this unique carnivorous plant!

## Overview

The Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa is a live, healthy plant shipped in a 3-inch pot, complete with New Zealand sphagnum moss and a detailed care sheet. Perfect for adding a unique touch to your indoor garden!

## Description

You will receive a live, Nepenthes ventricosa in a 1" plug of moss, an appropriate sized pot for growing it, and enough high quality New Zealand sphagnum moss to plant it. These plants must be kept damp at all times, but should not be soaking wet at any time. It is also important that the plant be watered with distilled water, reverse osmosis water, or rain water because regular tap water can be deadly to carnivorous plants. Nepenthes ventricosa is a tropical pitcher plant from the Philippines. It produces tubby red/orange pitchers at the end of each leaf. These pitchers are filled with digestive fluid for trapped insects. These plants can be grown on a sunny windowsill, in artificially-lit terrariums, or in mild outdoor climates if exposed to filtered sunlight. They should be protected from extremely hot and extremely cold weather if grown outdoors.

## Features

- Live healthy Nepenthes ventricosa in 1" plug of moss
- Comes with 3 inch pot
- Comes with enough New Zealand sphagnum moss to fill pot
- Comes with detailed care sheet & growing instructions
- Shipped bareroot

## Product Details

- **Plant or Animal Product Type:** nepenthes ventricosa
- **Indoor/Outdoor Usage:** Outdoor
- **Brand:** Predatory Plants
- **Sunlight Exposure:** Full Sun
- **Unit Count:** 1.0 Count
- **Product Care Instructions:** Water
- **Soil Type:** Sandy Soil

## Images

![Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3" Pot - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81a0TT7gwsL.jpg)
![Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3" Pot - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Guc6UUe6L.jpg)
![Carnivorous Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes Ventricosa - 3" Pot - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XOtQG0jiL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How do you package the plant?**
A: It comes with the root ball wrapped in moss wrapped in paper towel wrapped in plastic wrap. It sits in a plastic pot all in a plastic bag. Dry moss is used to pack the box. After un wrapping the root ball, use the moss to fill in the plastic pot when planting the pitcher plant in it.

**Q: how big do these grow? would they be alright in a large terrarium?**
A: To answer how big these plants grow, the one I got was about 3 inches across (with just a small whorl of leaves) and in roughly a year it has grown to maybe 6 inches across (now with two slightly larger whorls of leaves).  Currently my plant has leaves about the size of index fingers and its largest pitchers are almost the size of thumbs.  I have seen images of the same species growing to roughly 2-3 feet across when mature, with pitchers nearly as large as small fists.  As for a large terrarium, I can only speculate.  I've had my own plant growing in sphagnum moss, well-drained and watered just a little bit daily or every other day.  From what I've read, they don't like to be waterlogged, but they don't do well with drying out completely either.  So, maybe if the terrarium had someplace for the water to drain out to, that might work better.  Again, this is just speculation on my part.  In any case, I would suggest keeping the terrarium open to give the plant a better chance at catching the occasional insect.  Little snacks like that do a lot for the plant's nutrition and healthy growth.  I hope this answer is helpful, and I wish you the best of luck with your horticulture.

**Q: Will this survive in Arizona?**
A: Ours is fine indoors here in Colorado at 9000 ft elevation.

**Q: What would happen if someone put their finger into the opening of the plant?**
A: Nothing. It doesn't bite. Only traps insects that it will digest over time.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely little plant, complete with instructions
*by A***R on October 20, 2016*

I got this plant almost a year ago now, and it has been living happily in my window ever since. The packaging was great, the potting instructions worked well, and the plant itself is currently thriving. A word of warning though, I wouldn't suggest ordering these plants in the winter if you have the option. Even the relatively brief time in the outdoor mailbox at near freezing temperatures was enough to brown some of the leaves. Of course this was in no way a reflection on the supplier, thus the five star rating. Brown leaves and travel stress or not, the little Nepenthes made a quick recovery with a bit of care. If you follow the handling directions, you should have a respectable little pitcher plant flourishing in your home. Just make sure you've got some distilled water handy.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Does not look healthy.
*by A***R on February 23, 2019*

Arrived brownish and wilting. Hoping it comes back under a grow light.

### ⭐ Too small to survive.
*by D***A on August 19, 2016*

Arrived well prepared but did not last.Too small to get going for the long run. Lasted 1 month while gave me 3 pitchers and then stopped to grow and died.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-26*