Nepenthes edwardsiana, or the splendid pitcher-plant, is a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It is considered one of the most spectacular of all Nepenthes, producing some of the largest pitchers and the most highly developed peristome ribs of any species in the genus.
Nepenthes edwardsiana
Line drawing from Macfarlane's 1908 monograph, "Nepenthaceae"
A rosette plant
Detail of the peristome on an upper pitcher
"Die Gattung Nepenthes: Eine monographische Skizze" is a German-language monograph by Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau on the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It was published in 1895 in four parts, spread over the March, April, May and June issues of Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung.
Image: Die Gattung Nepenthes (page 96)
Image: Die Gattung Nepenthes (page 141)
Image: Die Gattung Nepenthes (page 182)
Image: Die Gattung Nepenthes (page 217)