This has to be one of my favourite plants and it has grown the best for me of all my nepenthes. I cannot remember all the information on it, but it is wild seedgrown from, I believe, Lake Poso, Sulawesi. I emailed the seller in an appeal for info (Sativ on the forum) but got no reply.
I got it in late 2010 as a seedling with pitchers no larger than 3cm. By May 2011, it looked like this with a 5cm pitcher.
In strong sunlight, the leaves went dark purple.
By August 2011, the plant had grown many basal plantlets, due to some stress, I believe, it endured when I was on holiday. Most of these died away again but 2 survived.
Between then and now, the plant has grown to be almost unrecognisable. Like its name suggests, it has stayed small (for a maxima).
It has 2 vines with uppers and 2 flower spikes. It is a female.
The lowers are slim and at largest about 18cm tall. They are reasonably colourful with a thin peristome and the distinctive maxima processes on the lid.
The intermediate is also colourful, slightly smaller than the lower, and fades out to green at the base.
This is my first nepenthes to vine and produce uppers.The uppers are more yellowish in colour with some red colouring. They are a nice shape, fattest just below the pitcher mouth and a long slim base.
This is the first nepenthes to flower for me. My plant is a female and has just produced 2 flower spikes on the same vine. The older flower spike has about 55 flowers which are on single or diverged stalks.
The base of the plant. It has 2 basals, one of which is vining, and another couple of tiny basals are developing.
I hope you enjoyed this series of pictures of one of my favourite plants that I have.
If anyone else has any photos of their plant, I would be really interested in seeing what they look like, how they compare to mine, and any info on where it comes from!