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

Nepenthes zygon

A Philippine pitcher plant of the Nepenthes alata group, described by Jebb and Cheek in 2014 from a plant grown at Kew from seed collected by Robert Cantley on Mount Pasian, Mindanao, in 1997. Almost nothing about its wild habitat has been published, and GBIF holds no wild records. Treat it like its alata-group relatives from Mindanao's submontane forests: an intermediate-to-highland grower wanting bright filtered light, warm days, cooler nights and constantly high humidity.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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 periodClimber

Where it grows wild

No habitat details for this species are available in accessible sources. Species of the Nepenthes alata group grow mainly in submontane forest and forest-edge scrub on both volcanic and ultramafic soils, usually scrambling through low vegetation or growing in moss and humus at forest margins and clearings.

The elevation of the Mount Pasian population is not given in accessible sources. Non-ultramafic Philippine Nepenthes, including most of the alata group, grow mainly at 500–2000 m, and related Mindanao species such as N. kurata are recorded near 1400 m.

Philippines: Mindanao (Mount Pasian)

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