Featured on the cover of Charles Clarke’s book ‘Nepenthes of Sumatra’, this species has an extremely wide flanged peristome. Pitcher and peristome colouration can vary through green to yellow, orange and deep red. This is the Lusung Tungkut form, which is the type-locale for the species. As there are 40 different clones involved in this item, pitcher colouration may vary somewhat between individuals. Featured on the cover of Charles Clarke’s book ‘Nepenthes of Sumatra’, this species has an extremely wide flanged peristome. Pitcher and peristome colouration can vary through green to yellow, orange and deep red. This is the Lusung Tungkut form, which is the type-locale for the species. As there are 40 different clones involved in this item, pitcher colouration may vary somewhat between individuals.
History: First introduced in June 2006.
Climate: 'Highland'. We grow it between about 26 deg. C (80 deg. F) in the daytime, down to 12 deg. C (54 deg. F) at night, although it will certainly tolerate temperatures well outside this range.
