Nepenthes monticola
Nepenthes monticola is a highland pitcher plant from the mountains of the west-central highlands of western New Guinea, found from about 1,400 to 2,620 m. It was described in 2011 after being split out of a complex with the closely related N. lamii. Treat it as a true highlander: cool, very humid, constantly wet, with a clear nightly temperature drop.
Where it grows wild
It grows on several mountains in the west-central highlands of western New Guinea (Indonesian Papua), in montane forest where the air is almost always saturated and rain falls heavily every month. The one measured site, near 2,620 m, is at the very top of the known elevation range. Published detail on its microhabitat is thin. Close relatives in the N. lamii group grow in mossy montane forest, forest edges and scrub, where they scramble or climb through vegetation in bright but broken light.
1,400 to 2,620 m.
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