Nepenthes rhombicaulis
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Nepenthes rhombicaulis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. The specific epithet rhombicaulis is formed from the Latin words rhombicus, meaning "rhomboid", and caulis, "stem". It refers to
Nepenthes rhombicaulis 1
Upper pitchers were first reported in 1993
A rosette plant
A typical lower pitcher
Nepenthes ovata
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Nepenthes ovata is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. The specific epithet ovata is Latin for "ovate" and refers to the shape of the lower pitchers.
Nepenthes rhombicaulis
…he did not examine the contents of these pitchers to test the hypothesis. In its natural habitat, N. rhombicaulis occurs sympatrically with N. flava, N. ovata, N. spectabilis, and N. tobaica. Natural hybrids with all of these species have been recorded. On Mount Pangulubao, N. gymnamphora (N. xiphioides) and…
Nepenthes ovata lower pitcher
Nepenthes ovata (pictured) was for a long time confused with the closely related N. bongso
A rosette plant with a lower pitcher
An intermediate pitcher