Nepenthes talangensis
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Nepenthes talangensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows in upper montane forest at elevations of 1,800–2,500 m above sea level.
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Nepenthes talangensis was for a long time confused with N. bongso (freshly opened lower pitcher pictured)
Nepenthes talangensis growing in mossy upper montane forest
Nepenthes talangensis has a greatly incurved peristome that extends for only a few millimetres on the outside of the pitcher
Nepenthes dubia
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Nepenthes dubia is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it grows at an elevation of 1,600–2,700 m above sea level. The specific epithet dubia is the Latin word f
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…above the surface of the fluid. Similarly viscous pitcher fluid is also found in seven other closely allied Sumatran species: N. aristolochioides, N. dubia, N. flava, N. inermis, N. jacquelineae, N. jamban, and N. tenuis. Together with N. talangensis, these species all share infundibular pitchers that are…
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An upper pitcher
A young climbing plant in mossy forest at around 1600 m
Numerous plants growing among stunted ridgetop vegetation