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Nepenthes surigaoensis is a climbing tropical pitcher plant from the mountains of Mindanao in the Philippines, known from only a few sites. It grows best in humid, shaded, high-altitude-style conditions with steady moisture and good air movement.
Nepenthes surigaoensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippine island of Mindanao, where it grows at elevations of at least 800–1,200 m above sea level.
The species is named after Surigao Peninsula, where the type specimen was collected. It is closely related to N. merrilliana and was for a long time considered a heterotypic synonym of this species.
Nepenthes surigaoensis is endemic to the Philippine island of Mindanao. It is presently known from only two locations: the Mount Masay massif of the Mabaho Range in northern Mindanao and a "minor peak" of the Pantaron Range in central Mindanao. Further populations of this species may be present in the Diuata Mountains and other adjacent highland areas. Recent field observations place the altitudinal distribution of N. surigaoensis at 800–1,200 m above sea level, although Elmer's original description gives an elevation of approximately 1,750 m ("5,750 feet" in the original).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nepenthes surigaoensis 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.
