Heliamphora minor
The smallest sun pitcher, forming dense clumps of pitchers only a few centimetres tall on the wet summits of tepuis in south-eastern Venezuela, at about 1650–2500 m. It is a highland Heliamphora: strong light, cool nights, constant moisture and very high humidity. Two varieties are recognised, the smooth var. minor and the hairy var. pilosa, and it is one of the easier and more widely available species in cultivation.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial, clump-forming pitcher plant of the open, boggy summit plateaus of sandstone table mountains, growing in waterlogged, nutrient-poor peat and among low shrubs, sedges and moss. Tepui summits are exposed to full sun between frequent cloud, mist and heavy rain, with cool air and constant moisture.
Literature gives about 1650–2500 m. The GBIF records have a median of 2140 m and a maximum of 2540 m, which fits; the 2 m minimum comes from an obviously mislocated point far to the west and should be ignored.
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