Nepenthes alata
A Philippine pitcher plant with winged leaf stalks and slender pitchers that are widest near the base. It is one of the easiest and most widely grown Nepenthes. In the strict sense used since 2013, it grows in the hills and mountains of northern and central Luzon above about 550 m, and many lowland and southern populations have been split off as separate species. It is an intermediate grower: warm days, cooler nights, bright light and high humidity.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial pitcher plant whose stems climb and scramble through shrubs and forest-edge vegetation. It grows in montane forest, on forest edges and in open, disturbed places on slopes. Herbarium labels for plants under the broad old concept include clay on exposed serpentine in full sun and clay-loam in upper montane forest, which shows how adaptable the complex is.
In the strict sense it grows from about 550 m upward in Luzon. The six records with an elevation span 213–1596 m (median 1280 m), but some come from populations now treated as other species.
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