Nepenthes sibuyanensis
A highland pitcher plant found only on Sibuyan Island in the Philippines, on Mount Guiting-Guiting, Mount Mayo and the ridge between them, at roughly 1250–1800 m. Its big, rounded lower pitchers (up to 26 cm tall) are yellow to red with a dark-red to almost black rim, and are produced in great numbers. It is a vigorous, forgiving highlander in cultivation.
Where it grows wild
It grows on open slopes among tall grasses, small shrubs and ferns such as Dipteris conjugata, and scrambles through semi-open shrubbery. The lower pitchers sit half-buried in the substrate and moss, so they are rarely in direct sun even though the plant as a whole is in an open place.
Sources give 1200–1800 m, 1250–1500 m or 1500–1800 m. A herbarium record on the ridge to Mayos Peak is at 1350 m. The one measured site is at 9 m and does not represent this species.
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