Nepenthes khasiana
India's only native pitcher plant, endemic to the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo Hills of Meghalaya with outlying populations in Assam. It grows around 500–1100 m on open, rocky or sandy slopes and along hill streams, in a monsoon climate with a hot, very wet summer and a cool, almost rainless winter. This makes it one of the most seasonal and cold-tolerant Nepenthes, and an easy intermediate grower once given bright light and a cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
Grows in rocky or sandy pockets and along hill streams, often on west- or north-facing slopes, in open scrub, grassy slopes and regrowth after shifting cultivation. It is a scrambling terrestrial plant rather than a forest-canopy climber. Soils are sandy, acidic and poor in phosphate and potash but well drained. Wild populations are threatened by habitat loss, coal-mine acid drainage and collection.
A study of Jaintia Hills populations recorded sites at 933–995 m, and the Assam population lies in a village spanning 510–1115 m. The GBIF records rarely carry an elevation, but the measured climate is consistent with sites near 1000 m.
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