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Carnivorous Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Nepenthes longiptera

A pitcher plant described in 2021 from Aceh, northern Sumatra, and the only Sumatran Nepenthes with well-developed wings on its upper pitchers. It resembles N. tobaica but is larger, with rhomboid stems and an appendage beneath the lid, and natural hybrids with neighbouring species are recorded. Detailed habitat data were not available, so care is inferred from its relatives in the northern Sumatran hills.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Known from Aceh province, Sumatra. Exact altitude and habitat were not available in the sources reached; its relative N. tobaica grows in open, scrubby and disturbed sites in the northern Sumatran hills, and the new species is assumed to grow similarly, scrambling in scrub and forest edges.

No altitude was available; intermediate hill elevations, roughly 500–1,500 m, are assumed from related northern Sumatran species.

Sumatra (Indonesia)

🔒 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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