About
This notable species, *Nepenthes armin*, is a terrestrial climber distinguished by its coiled tendril upper pitchers, which are green with faint purple mottling. It is named in honor of Armin Rios Marin, a local councilor and WWF official.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant is a terrestrial climber growing up to 5 metres tall. Its leaves are thinly coriaceous, measuring 13.1–15 cm by 1.8–2.6 cm, with petiolates that are narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrowly elliptic-linear. The coiled tendril upper pitchers are green with faint purple mottling, measuring 10.2–12.9 cm in height and 1.9–2.6 cm in diameter, and have a narrowly cylindrical outline. The upper pitcher is slightly constricted at the middle, and its lower part is equally wide or narrower than its upper part.
Distribution & habitat
Native to Sibuyan Island in the Philippines, growing at gallery forests on ultramafic rock at an elevation of 750 metres (2,460 ft) above sea level.
History & etymology
The specific epithet armin honors Armin Rios Marin, a former local councilor and World Wide Fund for Nature official. The type specimen was collected in 1989, and the species was originally described in 2014.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 750–750 m
- Altitude Class
- intermediate
- Native To
- Philippines
- IUCN Status
- Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Described
- 2014
- Authority
- Jebb & Cheek
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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