NB: out of date description Unlike most
Nepenthes species,
N. deaniana does not climb. The stem is 20 to 30 cm tall, 4 to 5 cm wide, and
glabrous throughout. Plants spread by means of shoots. Leaves are
lanceolate or
obovate in form, 6 to 12 cm long, and 3.5 to 4 cm wide. They possess 4 to 5 pairs of longitudinal veins, connected by irregularly
reticulate transverse veins.
Tendrils are 10 to 15 cm long. Pitchers are
obconic, 6 to 9 cm high, and 2.3 to 3.5 cm wide. The
peristome is cylindrical and 5 to 8 mm wide, bearing long
attenuate teeth on its inner margin. The
operculum or lid of this species is broadly
cordate. The male
inflorescence is 15 to 20 cm long and may be
pubescent to glabrous.
Pedicels are 1-flowered, compressed and expanded at the base. Individual flowers have 4
sepals and 8
anthers. The members of the Palawan Mountaineers who climbed Thumb Peak in 1993 actually took photos of
N. deaniana and included it in their photo exhibit the same year, not knowing the identity of the plant.--> ==References==