Nepenthes platychila

A Bornean pitcher plant known only from the Hose Mountains of central Sarawak. Its upper pitchers are funnel-shaped with an unusually flat, very broad peristome up to 3 cm wide. Ch'ien Lee found it growing on steep slopes among Dipteris and Dicranopteris ferns at 900–1300 m, so in cultivation it is an intermediate Nepenthes that wants bright light, warm days and mildly cool nights.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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 periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Steep slopes covered in thickets of the ferns Dipteris and Dicranopteris, at the submontane level of the Hose Mountains. These fern thickets form on open, disturbed or thin-soiled ground where there is little tree canopy, so the plants scramble up through fern fronds in bright light. It belongs to the N. maxima complex, and a natural hybrid with N. fusca is recorded. Plants of what may be this hybrid grew on roadside embankments at about 1200 m.

Field observations give 900–1300 m. The Hose Mountains reach 2028 m at Bukit Batu, but this species was recorded only from the middle slopes. There are no wild GBIF records with coordinates or elevation.

Borneo: Sarawak (Hose Mountains)

🔒 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

Grow Nepenthes platychila? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Nepenthes

Nepenthes ventricosa Nepenthes maxima Nepenthes ampullaria Nepenthes khasiana Nepenthes veitchii Nepenthes alata Nepenthes northiana Nepenthes spathulata Nepenthes gracillima Nepenthes mirabilis Nepenthes bicalcarata Nepenthes edwardsiana All 210 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.