Nepenthes bongso
A highland pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, recorded from about 1000 to 2700 m across several mountains, including Mount Marapi, whose legend of Putri Bungsu gives it its name. It forms distinct lower and upper pitchers and hybridises in the wild with N. gymnamphora, N. singalana and N. talangensis. It needs cool nights, high humidity and bright filtered light.
Where it grows wild
A montane climber of Sumatran mountains. The sources read give little detail on its exact microhabitat; it shares its mountains and hybridises with highland species of mossy forest and ridge vegetation (N. gymnamphora, N. singalana, N. talangensis), which points to cool, wet montane forest and its edges. It is listed as Least Concern with stable populations.
1000–2700 m. The main measured site is recorded at 1000 m, at the very bottom of that range, and a minor one at 449 m is below it. Plants from higher up need cooler conditions than the measured values.
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