Re: Lowland Plant ID - Possible gracilis?
It cannot be a hybrid because the two species grow in very different elevation. N. ramispina is a highland and N. gracilis lowland. You can't find gracilis growing in the highlands. So far I've only seen a few mirabilis growing around intermediate-highland.
Dr. Charles Clarke's book, "Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia" did mention that there is a N. gracilis var elongata but so far I have not seen a plant or picture of this form.
Besides the pitchers, everything else about the stems and leaves seems to tell me this is a gracilis form. But I stand corrected.
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