$73
Median asking price
$45–$99
Middle half of prices
22
Listings seen
3
In stock now
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Median time to sell (0 timed)
How rare is it?
Wild: Not assessed Common in trade (early)
In the wild: Not assessed. Not assessed by the IUCN. Native to Indonesia (North Sumatra, Lake Toba area).
For collectors: Common in trade. 22 listings at 5 shops in 12 days; 3 in stock now. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Carnivores | 1 | 1 | $20 | $20 | $20 | ||
| Plants That Eat | 2 | $35 | $30 | $40 | |||
| Pearl River Exotics | 2 | 2 | $40 | $36 | $44 | ||
| Carnivero | 13 | $85 | $45 | $150 | |||
| Predatory Plants | 4 | $88 | $66 | $110 |
By breeder
Whose line it is, from codes like BE-, AW-, JH- and BCP in listing titlesClones & forms
Grower codes, clone letters and named forms seen in listing titlesWhat the nurseries call it: Highland (Carnivero, Pearl River Exotics, Predatory Plants)
Growing conditions
Highland Nepenthes by day by night a typical home the coldest it takes
Houseplant with some help Fine indoors if you can meet one or two extra needs.
- 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
Grows at 1,700–2,100 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 1,700–2,100 m: days 22–27 °C (72–81 °F), nights 12–17 °C (54–63 °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 ovata: 1,700–2,100 m · Indonesia (North Sumatra, Lake Toba area) · source