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Borneo Exotics is a wholesale export nursery based in the beautiful island of Sri Lanka, just off the southern tip of India. We have been propagating tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes and other carnivorous plant species for many years using up-to-date and conservation-friendly techniques. All our plants are multiplied in sterile culture in a laboratory before being transferred to nurseries, sometimes being grown on for several years before being offered for sale.

We now offer by far the widest range of Nepenthes available anywhere in the world and are the only nursery offering a choice of plant sizes. Our large laboratory stock of sometimes up to 300 individuals of one species has enabled us to select for form, coloration and vigor. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this has been attempted on such a scale with Nepenthes.

We now operate 9 nurseries at 3 locations and are able to grow any Nepenthes species - from robust swamp-dwelling species such as the mighty Nepenthes bicalcarata, to delicate slow-growing ultra-highland species like Nepenthes villosa.

Our many years of experience with Nepenthes stretch back to over 20 years. Borneo Exotics was founded using the expertise gained by the pioneering Nepenthes nursery, “Isra Exotics”, that existed in Brunei on the island of Borneo in the 1980’s.

This heritage gives rise to our name “Borneo Exotics”, even though we are now located in Sri Lanka.

Borneo Exotics currently has a full-time staff of over 30 dedicated employees. Half of our staff are from an economically depressed area in the highlands of Sri Lanka and exhibit unparalleled devotion to helping us produce Nepenthes of a quality simply not obtainable elsewhere.

Although based in Sri Lanka and bringing much needed foreign exchange into Sri Lanka’s economy, Borneo Exotics is 100% foreign owned.

Our current shareholders are:

Andrew Kelly (England, resident in Hong Kong)

Robert Cantley – Managing Director (England, resident in Sri Lanka)

Christopher G. Cantley – Director (United Kingdom)

Gina Cantley – Director (England, resident in Sri Lanka)

Diana P. Williams – Director and Nurseries Manager (England, resident in Sri Lanka)

John De Kanel (United States)

Anthony D. Paroubek (United States)

James and Jean Cokendolpher (United States)

There may be more shareholders soon – see under the tab for Investor Relations!