Nepenthes spectabilis
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Nepenthes spectabilis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows at elevations of between 1,400 and 2,200 m above sea level. The specific epithet spectabilis is Latin for "visible"
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A lower pitcher
Nepenthes spectabilis from Mount Kemiri, the northern limit of its range
An upper pitcher of N. rigidifolia
Nepenthes flava
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Nepenthes flava is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to northern Sumatra, where it grows in montane forest at 1,800–2,200 m above sea level.
Nepenthes spectabilis
…pitchers of this form consisted of beetles. They also found infaunal mosquito larvae in the pitchers. In the wild, N. spectabilis is sympatric with N. flava, N. gymnamphora, N. mikei, N. ovata, N. rhombicaulis, and N. rigidifolia. Natural hybrids with all of these species except N. flava have been recorded…
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Nepenthes flava bears a conspicuous band of nectar glands on the underside of the lid, around the midline. This feature, among others, distinguishes it from N. inermis.
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