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Nepenthes sibuyanensis is a weak climbing tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Guiting-Guiting and nearby ridges on Sibuyan Island, Philippines, at about 1,200 to 1,800 m. It is grown as a highland carnivorous plant that needs cool, humid, bright conditions.
Nepenthes sibuyanensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sibuyan Island in the Philippines, after which it is named.
Nepenthes sibuyanensis is endemic to Sibuyan Island in the Philippines, where it grows on Mount Guiting-Guiting, neighbouring Mount Mayo, as well as the ridge that connects these two mountains. The altitudinal distribution given for this species varies considerably between sources: Vlastik Rybka, Romana Rybková and Rob Cantley give a range of 1,200–1,800 m above sea level, while the authors of the describing paper and Stewart McPherson give narrower ranges of 1,500–1,800 m and 1,250–1,500 m, respectively. According to Rybka, Rybková and Cantley, the species is sympatric with the tiny N. argentii at around 1,600–1,770 m. A species resembling N. alata grows on Mount Guiting-Guiting at lower elevations of 800–1,000 m; it was described as N. graciliflora by Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer. Nepenthes armin also occurs on Mt. Guiting-Guiting and on a ridge leading to Mt. Mayo, however it is found at lower elevations and within a more restricted area (750 m). Other plant species endemic to the mountain include Lobelia proctorii and Rhododendron rousei.
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 sibuyanensis 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.
