Nepenthes stenophylla
A Bornean highland pitcher plant with narrow leaves and slender, funnel-shaped upper pitchers up to about 25 cm tall, often spotted red on a pale ground. It grows on forest edges, ridges and roadsides in montane and heath forest from about 900 to 2100 m. In cultivation it is an intermediate to highland grower that wants mild days, cool nights, bright light and constant humidity.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial climber that scrambles through low montane forest, mossy summit scrub and kerangas (heath forest) on poor sandstone and podzol soils. Herbarium labels mention submontane and montane forest, wet kerangas on podzol, Rhododendron and tree-fern scrub with a 2–4 m canopy on sandstone ridges, and an old logging road in logged forest. It favours edges and open, disturbed places where light is bright.
The literature gives about 900–2100 m. The nine records with an elevation span 840–1700 m, median 1100 m, so the measured sites sit in the lower half of its range.
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