''Nepenthes'' 'Rouge' is a

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

of a complex manmade hybrid involving '' N. maxima'', '' N. mirabilis'', '' N. northiana'', '' N. rafflesiana'', '' N. veitchii'', and a plant identified as '' N. thorelii''. It was bred by Bruce Lee Bednar and Orgel Clyde Bramblett in 1990.Schlauer, J. N.d
''Nepenthes'' 'Rouge'
. Carnivorous Plant Database. This cultivar name is not established as it was published without a description, violating Article 24.1 of the

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, and the epithet is illegitimate as it conflicts with Recommendation 19D.1. ''Nepenthes'' 'Rouge' is a

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of '' N. × hareliana'' and was originally published in the March 1994 issue of the ''

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'' as "x hareliana var. rouge". Other cultivars of the same cross include ''N.'' 'Alba', ''N.'' 'Boca Rose', ''N.'' 'Red Skeleton', and ''N.'' 'Vittata'. __NOTOC__

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Nepenthes thorelii ''Nepenthes thorelii'' is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Indochina. Very little is known about ''N. thorelii'' and it is unlikely to have entered cultivation, although various other taxa are often mislabelled as this species in the pl ...

'' is a poorly known

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species with a confused horticultural history. The name has been widely applied to cultivated plants, but it is not certain whether the species exists in cultivation at all. Numerous artificial hybrids long thought to involve ''N. thorelii'' likely represent crosses with other Indochinese species of the "''N. thorelii'' aggregate"—particularly '' N. bokorensis'', '' N. kampotiana'', and '' N. smilesii'', as these were the most accessible to

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s—or hybrids thereof.Mey, F.S. 2010. In: S.R. McPherson ''Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats''. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1340–1367.

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Rouge Rouge is the French word for "red" and may refer to: Compounds * Rouge (cosmetics), a cosmetic used to color the cheeks and emphasize the cheekbones * Jeweler's rouge or iron(III) oxide * Rouging, a form of corrosion applicable to stainless ...

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