N. alata 'Banaue highland'
This form is abundant in the highlands of the Cordillera Mountain range in
northern Luzon and is often seen at road banks, where it
is frequently trimmed back and burned by the highway maintenance workers.
There are purely green forms and striped ones.
N. burbidgeae
A very pretty
highlander (1200- 2550m) with cream white pitchers (Later!). Let's see if we can satisfy it's needs!
So far it grows well and produces nice pitchers even during dry season. Stay tuned!
It originates from Borneo around Mt. Kinabalu.
N. faizaliana
One of our highlanders (1200-1500m). This plant looks very similar to N. fusca and N. stenophylla. It differentiates from N. fusca by its orbicular lids, but some people prefer calling it N. fusca 'Sarawak'.
And while we are at it: it is also hard to distinguish from N. boschiana.
N. fusca 'Kinabalu'
A very pretty highlander from Borneo, Malaysia. The plant shares some similarities with N. maxima. The lid becomes triangular and stands upright in some cases, which is the typical for the species.
N. macfarlanei
A pretty but delicate highlander (1000-2150m) from the Cameroon highlands in Peninsular Malaysia with very colorful pitchers. In full sunlight these can even turn into white. If there is rain around it grows surprisingly well so far and the red peristome has definitely ferrari colors.
N. maxima 'Tlatawiran'
This is a highland maxima form that has very narrow but tall pitchers. Images shows still a very young plant. It doesn't have much problems with low humidity or our warm lowland environment.
N. maxima 'Waghete'
Another highland form of maxima. This one is from Irian Jaya, eastern Indonesia. The small pitchers have already a pretty promising coloration.
N. ramispina
A highlander (900-2000m) with narrow, close to black pitchers with green interior from the Genting highlands in Malaysia. This plant did a great start, producing and keeping pitchers well.
N. sanguinea
An undemanding highland (900-1800m) plant from peninsular Malaysia. It produces many large orange colored pitchers and belongs to the fastest growers in the genus.
Picture taken in the botanical garden of Atlanta
N. sibuyanensis
A highland (1500-1800m) plant with giant pitchers from the eastern Philippines. The pitchers remind on those from N. ventricosa, at least as long N. sibuyanensis is a baby plant...
Picture taken in natural habitat.
N. stenophylla
Another pretty highlander (1000-2600m) from the Bareo highlands. Very similar to N. fusca and N. faizaliana and synonymous to N. fallax and maybe even hairier than N. pillosa. It likes high humidity, the best pitchers are produced during rainy season.
N. tentaculata
Small highland (700-2550m) plant with funny lids and a steep ovate peristome from Borneo and Sulawesi. Got a little crippled during the import, but is producing healthy leafs and pitchers and is happy year round. There are some Nepenthes that are sort of boring when young. This one is not!
N. tobaica
A fast growing undemanding highland (950-2750m) plant named after Lake Toba in Sumatra. It's desire to climb and produce many pitchers make it look like an oversized N.gracilis or should I say undersized N. reinwardtiana? The pitchers last a lot longer if there is sufficient humidity. It doesn't waste a lot of time making lower pitchers, but starts soon to climb.
N. veitchii 'Bareo'
A plant with huge pitchers from the Bareo highland, south of Brunei. The peristome of this plant belongs to the most spectacular of the genus. The plant has the ability to climb trees by clasping around them with its leafs and pitchers.
N. veitchii 'Hose Mountains'
Another form of this giant.
The species generally occurs from 50-1200m.
N. ventricosa 'black peristome'
A lovely and fast growing highland (1200-1500m) plant from Luzon
island in the Philippines. The pitchers are waisted and have a waxy pinkish surface. This plant remains relatively small, although the adult pitchers impress by size and beauty.
Still, compared to it's neighbor N.alata it suffered in the hot lowlands of Manila during the dry season, which caused it to stop pitchering for a while.
N. ventricosa 'red pitcher'
This plant was sold as a 'red peristome', but arrived labeled as 'red pitcher'. The 'red pitcher' description seems to be more accurate. The plant seems to grow better than the 'black peristome' form. The image shows how the pitcher likes to develop below soil levels if give a pot that allows this.
