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Nepenthes lamii is a montane tropical pitcher plant from New Guinea, growing up to about 3,500 m, higher than any other Nepenthes. It grows as a scrambling climber at lower elevations and a stunted shrublet near its upper limit, and needs bright light and cool, humid conditions.
Nepenthes lamii is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to New Guinea, where it grows at an altitude of up to 3,520 m above sea level, higher than any other Nepenthes species. Although once confused with N. vieillardii and previously regarded as conspecific with the closely related N. monticola, it is now recognised as a distinct species.
The specific epithet lamii honours Dutch botanist Herman Johannes Lam, who made one of the earliest known collections of this species.
Nepenthes lamii is endemic to the higher peaks of central Papua province in West Papua, New Guinea, including Doorman Top (also known simply as Mount Doorman) and Mount Erica of the Hellwig Mountains. Sizable populations of this species have been found near Tembagapura, a mining town situated at around 1,900 m in the Sudirman Range. Nepenthes lamii has an altitudinal distribution of 1,460–3,520 m above sea level. The uppermost altitudinal limit of this species represents the highest known elevation of any Nepenthes, although Nepenthes sp. Papua has been found at similar altitudes of around 3,500 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nepenthes lamii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
