Nepenthes epiphytica is a tropical pitcher plant from East Kalimantan, Borneo, that grows as an epiphyte, often perched on trees at around 1,000 m. Keep it humid and bright with good airflow, and water with pure water.
Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist and water with rainwater or distilled water.
Soil
Free-draining mix of sphagnum moss and perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Borneo (E. Kalimantan)
Climate
wet tropical
About
Nepenthes epiphytica is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the Berau and East Kutai Regencies of East Kalimantan, Borneo, where it grows at an elevation of around 1,000 m above sea level. Prior to its formal description as a species, N. epiphytica was considered to be a variant of the closely related N. fusca. Nepenthes epiphytica belongs to the loosely defined "N. maxima complex", which also includes, among other species, N. boschiana, N. chaniana, N. eymae, N. faizaliana, N. fusca, N. klossii, N. maxima, N. platychila, N. stenophylla, and N. vogelii.
The specific epithet epiphytica refers to the epiphytic habit of this species.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.