This is a pix of my n. truncata orange peristome that I got from 4zeplant. It arrived with a good pitcher (which like rihanna- good pitcher gone bad after being sent through post) and 1 small pitcher bud. This is a pix of the teeny tiny pitcher bud, all grown up, with mouth open begging for makan.
This is what I found when I "wikipedia"ed about n. truncata.
Nepenthes truncata (Latin: truncatus = terminating abruptly) is a carnivorous pitcher plant species endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The typical form grows on exposed mountainsides at an altitude of between 230 and 600 m; a highland variety grows at higher elevations. N. truncata is characterised by its heart-shaped (truncate) leaves and very large pitchers, which can reach up to 50 cm in height.
On September 29, 2006, at the Botanical Gardens in Lyon, France, a Nepenthes truncata was photographed containing the decomposing corpse of a mouse. This incident is the first record of a mammal being successfully trapped in the pitchers of N. truncata. Both N. rajah and N. rafflesiana are known to occasionally catch small mammals in the wild.
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