Heliamphora elongata
Heliamphora elongata is a sun pitcher described by Nerz in 2004 from the summits of Ilu-tepui and Tramen-tepui in the Venezuelan Gran Sabana. It forms clumps of slender dark red pitchers 20 to 32 cm tall with a small helmet-like nectar spoon, and white to pale pink flowers on 50 cm scapes. It is a true highland plant: grow it cool, bright, constantly wet and very humid, with a clear night drop.
Where it grows wild
It grows in boggy depressions on the tepui summits where thin, nutrient-poor peaty substrate collects over bare sandstone, alongside Stegolepis, Orectanthe, sundews, bladderworts and Genlisea roraimensis. Specimen labels describe a lower plateau of rocky, boggy and shrubby ground with short forest to 5 m.
Herbarium specimens come from 2,500 to 2,700 m, and the description gives about 2,600 m.
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