Nepenthes kerrii
A climbing pitcher plant described in 2010 from Tarutao National Marine Park in Satun Province, southern Thailand. It grows in open savanna and grassland at 400–500 m on sandy quartz soil over granite, which bakes hot and dry in the dry season. Its lower pitchers are orange with red blotches and its upper pitchers green to yellow; treat it as a sun-loving lowland to intermediate grower that tolerates a seasonal dry spell.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial pitcher plant whose stems climb to about 4 m through grass and low scrub in open savanna. It grows in sandy soil with a quartz-rich layer up to 30 cm deep over granite; in the dry season this substrate becomes very hot, dry and hard. No other Nepenthes grows with it.
Known from about 400–500 m on Tarutao island. There are no wild GBIF records, so no measured elevations.
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