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Carnivorous Partly documented

Nepenthes gymnamphora

A variable montane pitcher plant from Java and Sumatra with an unusually wide altitude range of 600–2800 m. Because it spans lowland-edge to high montane sites, the best conditions depend on where a plant came from, but most cultivated plants do well as intermediate-to-highland growers.

Nepenthes gymnamphora
Photo: Alfindra Primaldhi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A montane forest species. The sources used here say little about its exact habitat, so the details below follow the general pattern for montane Nepenthes of Sumatra and Java: climbing through mossy forest, on the ground or on trunks. Treat this as an informed estimate rather than a field description.

Recorded from 600 to 2800 m. The measured sites sit at about 500–1410 m, at the lower end of that range.

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🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.