$85
Median asking price
$70–$110
Middle half of prices
48
Listings seen
1
In stock now
18.6 h
Median time to sell (3 timed)
How rare is it?
Wild: Vulnerable Common in trade (early) Sells within a day
In the wild: Vulnerable. IUCN Red List: vulnerable. Native to Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan).
For collectors: Common in trade. 48 listings at 6 shops in 12 days; 1 in stock now; typically sells in 18.6 h. Early estimate: under a month of history.
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Price history
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By shop
Asking prices, and what sold| Shop | Listings | In stock | Sold | Sold median | Asking median | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plants That Eat | 5 | $65 | $25 | $65 | |||
| Carnivero | 31 | $75 | $60 | $125 | |||
| Predatory Plants | 7 | $110 | $99 | $132 | |||
| Florae Collaborative | 3 | $190 | $186 | $210 | |||
| StarHort | 1 | $385 | $385 | $385 | |||
| eBay | 1 | 1 | $1,800 | $1,800 | $1,800 |
By breeder
Whose line it is, from codes like BE-, AW-, JH- and BCP in listing titles| Breeder | Listings | In stock | Sold | Sold median | Asking median | Codes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnivero | 19 | $75 | CAR-0018 | |||
| Andreas Wistuba | 3 | 1 | $210 | $190 | AW-01, AW-03, AW-07 | |
| Borneo Exotics | 3 | $100 | BE-3100 | |||
| no breeder given | 23 | 1 | 1 | $40 | $100 |
Medians need a few sales each before they say much about a breeder premium; codes link to every listing of that line across shops.
Clones & forms
Grower codes, clone letters and named forms seen in listing titlesWhat the nurseries call it: Highland (Carnivero, Predatory Plants)
Growing conditions
Highland Nepenthes by day by night a typical home the coldest it takes
Needs a controlled setup Usually needs a terrarium, grow tent or cooled/heated space.
- nights 10-20°F cooler than days, ideally below ~60°F (a cool room or a home that drops at night)
- humidity 50%+ helps; many acclimate to less
- dislikes days over ~85°F
- growers count it among the fussier species in its group
Grows at 1,650–2,600 m in the wild.
| Day | 70–82°F (21–28°C) |
| Night | 50–60°F (10–16°C) |
| Never below | 40°F (4°C) |
| Humidity | 60–90% |
| Light | Bright indirect light; good airflow |
| Water | Mineral-free only (rain, distilled, RO; TDS under ~100 ppm, ideally much lower); damp, not waterlogged; no tray. |
| Media | Long-fibre sphagnum + perlite, optional orchid bark |
| Dormancy | none (needs a nightly drop of 10-20F year-round) |
Tom's: ~20-25C days / 10-15C nights, RH at least 50% by day and higher at night. California Carnivores: 70s-80s F days, 50-60s F nights, never below 40F or above 90F. NECPS allows nights down to the 40s F. Highland plants kept warm at night slowly decline.
Likely best temperatures. From its habitat at 1,650–2,600 m: days 19–27 °C (66–81 °F), nights 9–17 °C (48–63 °F). Wants nights cooler than most homes, every night of the year.
Worked out the way Tom's Carnivores' Nepenthes calculator does it. An estimate: parentage, clone and how a plant was raised all matter, and plants often grow well outside it.
Nepenthes lowii: 1,650–2,600 m · Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan) · IUCN VU · source · Tom's profile