Nepenthes chaniana
A Bornean highland pitcher plant from Sabah and Sarawak, described from Mount Alab in the Crocker Range, and notable for the dense covering of long white hairs on its stems, leaves and pitchers. It belongs to the loose N. maxima complex; for years all cultivated plants labelled N. pilosa were in fact this species. Published ecological detail is thin, so grow it as a typical Bornean intermediate-to-highland Nepenthes: bright filtered light, cool nights, high humidity and a very open medium.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial climber of montane forest, probably mossy and upper montane forest on ridges, where plants scramble through low trees and shrubs. Its relative N. pilosa grows in mossy forest at about 1600–1700 m, and N. chaniana is likely to occupy similar habitat.
No usable elevations are attached to the GBIF records. Mount Alab rises to about 1900 m, and the species is a highland plant, probably at roughly 1000–1900 m; this range is an estimate, not a published figure.
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