Nepenthes Spectabilis - Notes

Notes

a.^ Lörzing 8260 was collected near the summit of Mount Pinto on January 22, 1921, at an altitude of 2100 to 2200 m. It is deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens and includes male floral material. A doubtful duplicate specimen is held at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands and also includes male floral material.

Lörzing 8297 was collected on Mount Sibajak on January 23, 1921, at an altitude of 1900 m. It is deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens and includes both male and female floral material.

b.^ Nur 7342 was collected on Bukit Semaik near Sibolangit on August 5, 1921. It is deposited at the herbarium of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and does not include floral material.

c.^ The original Latin description of N. spectabilis reads:

Folia mediocria sessilia v. petiolo late alato, lamina oblonga-spathulata, nervis longitudinalibus utrinque 5-6, basi rotundata v. leviter cordata caulis 2/3-3/4 amplectente, vagina 0, ascidia rosularum et inferiore ignota ; ascidia superiore magna, e parte inferiore anguste infundibuliformi tubulosa ; costis 2 prominentibus ad os appendice folicea ramosa ornatis ; peristomio operculum versus accuminato, vix in collum elongato applanato, 3-12 mm lato, costis 3/4-1 mm distantibus, dentibus 3-5 x longioribus quam latis ; operculo rotundato-cordato, facie inferiore plano v. obtusa-cordato inflorescentia racemus pedicellis 10-3 mm longis plerumque 2-floris ; indumentum parcum villoso-tomentosum, ferrugineum.