Nepenthes, popularly known as Tropical Pitcher Plants or Monkey Cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants that comprises roughly 116 species, numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are vine forming plants of the Old World tropics. If you already grow orchids, you should be able to grow some species of Nepenthes alongside your orchids without any major problems provided some thought is put into their requirements. Download our current offering of Rare Plants below.