Heliamphora chimantensis
A highland sun pitcher known only from the Chimantá Massif in south-eastern Venezuela, where it forms dense clumps several metres across in wet, savanna-like valleys at about 2000 m. Its tall green pitchers carry a distinctive upright, spoon-shaped red lid with large nectar glands. Treat it as a cool, bright, constantly moist highland Heliamphora.
Where it grows wild
Grows fully exposed in short, moist, savanna-like vegetation in the valleys of the Chimantá Massif, among grasses, bromeliads (Brocchinia), Xyris and Stegolepis ligulata, often near rivers. Unlike most tepui Heliamphora, which sit on small islands of debris over bare rock, it grows in a well-developed continuous soil layer and spreads by branching rhizomes into huge patches. It was not found in shaded places. It hybridises freely with H. minor where the two meet.
The type collection is from 1921 m and the describers found it mainly in valleys at around 2000 m. The two GBIF records carry no elevation.
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