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

Nepenthes maximoides

A climbing pitcher plant known from a single sterile specimen collected by H. M. Curran in December 1911 in the former Tayabas Province of Luzon, Philippines. Its describers think it probably came from Mt Banahaw. The upper pitchers are large and narrowly funnel-shaped, strikingly like those of N. maxima, but the plant belongs to section Alatae. It was described in 2020 as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) and is not known in cultivation, so the growing advice here is extrapolated from its section Alatae relatives.

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

Where it grows wild

Nothing is recorded about its habitat: the label gives only the province, month and year. The describers reasoned that in Tayabas, Curran collected Nepenthes-bearing habitat above 1,000 m only on Mt Banahaw, a forested volcano whose forest survives under protection. Its closest relatives in section Alatae are climbers of submontane and montane forest, forest edges and clearings on Luzon.

Unknown. If it came from Mt Banahaw (2,177 m), it probably grew above about 1,000 m in submontane or montane forest. This is an inference, not a recorded altitude.

Philippines: Luzon, former Tayabas Province (probably Mt Banahaw, Quezon/Laguna)

🔒 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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