Heliamphora exappendiculata
A Venezuelan sun pitcher from the Chimantá and Aprada massifs whose pitchers lack the nectar spoon that most Heliamphora carry; the name means 'without an appendage', and the flattened pitcher mouth serves as the insect landing platform instead. Unusually for the genus it prefers shade, growing on permanently wet gorge walls as well as summit savannas, at about 1200–2500 m. Grow it as a highland Heliamphora: cool nights, very high humidity and constantly wet sphagnum.
Where it grows wild
On Chimantá and Amuri-tepui it grows directly on the permanently wet walls of gorges and ravines, apparently preferring shade. Smaller populations grow in summit savannas and stunted shrub forest. The pitchers also collect leaf litter, which may add nutrients.
Wikipedia gives 1700–2100 m; specimens record 1200 m (a savanna at the foot of Aprada-tepui), 1812–1850 m on Chimantá, 2150 m on Aparamán-tepui and 2480 m on the summit of Aprada-tepui.
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