Nepenthes ovata, BE-3133 aroid Nepenthes bongso is a highland

Nepenthes bongso is a highland plant requiring warm days and cool nights with good light and humidity

Photo 4 is a mature plant

The pitchers can attain impressive size

It also tolerates wet conditions quite well due to its ampullaria parentage and is able to thrive even being tray watered unlike most Nepenthes

the single mountain where the species are found to grow sympatrically

Nepenthes ovata, BE-3133 aroid Nepenthes bongso is a highlandThis highland species comes from the Barisan Range in Sumatra. Its a stunning species. The robust lower pitchers have wide, flared peristomes that can be orange, yellow or red with beautiful striping. The lower pitchers often darken as they mature. The upper pitchers have colorful striping on the peristomes and are infundibular shaped. Weve found this species to be quite a climber and have had plants with stems >15 feet long. Weve observed Nepenthes