Complete plant

Closeup of green pitcher with vine

Upper portion of vine with pitchers

Juvenile pitcher

Closeup of green pitcher showing vestigial arching lid

Nepenthes inermis is a highland species from West-Sumatra. The species is unique for having only a very rudimentary peristome in the upper pitchers. Upper pitchers are yellow-green and infundibuliform. The lower pitchers have a well developed broad peristome, somewhat similar to N. dubia. Note the characteristic shape of the pitcher lid. Photographs were taken in 1989 on Gunung Gadud and Gunung Gadang, both in West-Sumatra.

Copyright by Andreas Wistuba. The photograph may be downloaded for private use and may be used by the ICPS. The photograph may not be used commercially or for publications without permission by Andreas Wistuba (andreas.wistuba@rhein-neckar.de)