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Nepenthes micramphora

Nepenthes micramphora
Photo: Kleo Marlo Sialongo, CC BY 2.0

Nepenthes micramphora is a small tropical pitcher plant, a climbing shrub native to highland forest on Mount Hamiguitan in Mindanao, Philippines, prized for its tiny pitchers. It needs cool-to-warm highland conditions with high humidity and bright light.

Family
Nepenthaceae (Pitcher-plant family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the medium constantly moist using rainwater or distilled water, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Free-draining mix of sphagnum moss and perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
15–25 °C; avoid prolonged heat above 30 °C and frost
How easy
Hard
Native range
Philippines (SE. Mindanao)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nepenthes micramphora is a tropical pitcher plant known only from Mount Hamiguitan on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is a highland plant growing at elevations of 1,100–1,635 m.

Nepenthes micramphora is closely allied to N. abgracilis and N. cid, both also from Mindanao, and together these species comprise the informal "N. micramphora group".

Other Nepenthes plants

Nepenthes abalata · Nepenthes abgracilis · Nepenthes adnata · Nepenthes aenigma · Nepenthes alata · Nepenthes alba · Nepenthes albomarginata · Nepenthes alfredoi · Nepenthes alzapan · Flask-Shaped Pitcher-Plant · Nepenthes andamana · Nepenthes angasanensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nepenthes micramphora 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.

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