Nepenthes Spectabilis

Nepenthes spectabilis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows at elevations of between 1,400 and 2,200 m above sea level. The specific epithet spectabilis is Latin for "visible" or "notable".

Botanical history

The first known collection of N. spectabilis was made by Julius August Lörzing in 1920. The specimen Lörzing 7308 was collected on June 5, 1920, on Mount Sibajak at an elevation of 1,800 to 1,900 m. It is deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens (formerly the Herbarium of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens) along with two isotypes which include both male and female floral material. A third isotype, sheet H.L.B. 928.350-170, is held at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden and includes female floral material.

Lörzing made two further collections of N. spectabilis in 1921.[note a] A fourth specimen[note b] was collected by Mohamed Nur bin Mohamed Ghose later that same year.