Details

Nepenthes bellii kondo

Description:
Stems climbing, 1⎼2.5 m long, terete, 0.3⎼0.4 cm in diameter, glabrous. Leaves linear to elliptic, 10⎼15 cm long, 1.3⎼1.5 cm wide, sessile, bases clasping 1/2-3/4 around the stem, glabrous; longitudinal veins of blades 3 on each side of the midrib, parallel in the outer part of the blade; pennate nerves numerous, running obliquely towards the margin; tendrils as long as or somewhat shorter than the leaf. Lower pitchers ovate-ellipsoid, 7.5⎼8.0 cm long x 3.0⎼4.0 cm broad, with 2 fringed wings; wings 6⎼10 mm broad, fringe segments filiform, c. 5 mm long, 0.8⎼1.3 m apart; peristome 6⎼7 mm broad, flattened, elongated at the inner side; mouth oblique; mouth ovate, 2.5⎼3.0 cm long x 1.5⎼2.0 cm broad; spur filiform, 3⎼5 mm long; upper pitchers infundibular, 7.3–7.5 cm long x 2⎼2.5 cm broad.

References:
Jebb, M. & M. Cheek. 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42: 1–106.
Cheek, M. & M. Jebb. 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana ser. I, vol. 15: 1–157.
Fernando, E.S., V.B. Amoroso, D.N. Tandang, C.I. Banag, A.B. Lapis, W.S. Gruèzo, F.P. Coritico, F.A. Pollisco Jr., A.M. Palijon, M.D. Ching, F.P. Lansigan, C. Garcia-Francisco, N.M. Lita, A.M. Tagtag, & J.L. De Leon. 2021. Threatened Plants of the Philippines. 147p. Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Quezon City, Philippines. ISBN 978-621-96498-0-3.
Fernando, E.S., R.B. Arbolonio, & E.P. Lillo. 2017. Forest Flora of Dinagat Island: An Introductory Guide. 128p. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippines. ISBN 978-621-95785-0-9.
Kondo, K. 1969. A new species of Nepenthes from the Philippines. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 96(6): 653–655.
McPherson, S. & V.B. Amoroso. 2011. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines. 60p. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole, Dorset, UK.
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona, & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co’s Digital Flora of the Philippines. http://www.philippineplants.org.

Subspecies :

Common name / Local name : pitcher plant

Family : Nepenthaceae

Genus : Nepenthes

Taxonomic Group :

CITES Appendix : N/A

Conservation Status : Endangered

Geographic Location : Endemic

Identifications: Nepenthes bellii

leaves without a distinct petiole
Upper pitchers distinctly constricted at or near the middle part; peristome broad
Pitchers broadest near mouth and narrowest near the base
Nepenthes
Leaves with midrib extended into a long tendril with the distal part forming into a cup or pitcher-like structures
Angiosperms
Plants producing true flowers and fruits for sexual reproduction