Terrestrial climber to 3 m tall. Rosette reported as 8 cm diam., short stems unknown, climbing stems rounded, internodes 3-10 cm long, 0.2-0.25 cm diam., with a conical axillary bud c. 0.5 by 1 mm, 5 mm above the axil. Leaves coriaceous, sessile, subperfoliate-adnate, those of climbing stems narrowly oblanceolate, (6.8-)9-11 by 2.5-3.1 cm; apex rounded, slightly emarginate and peltate by c. 1 mm; base tapering to c. 1 cm wide, decurrent and perfoliate-adnate for 1-1.5(-2) cm on the stem. Longitudinal nerves 3 or 4 (or 5) on each side of the midrib in the outer 4/5, conspicuous above. Pennate nerves numerous, patent, straight and branching little, running to the margin, conspicuous above but not below. Lower and intermediate pitchers slightly ventricose below, tubular above, to 6.8-7.5 by 1.7-2.3 cm, with two fringed wings 1(-2) mm broad, fringed elements sometimes paired, 5-6 mm long, 2 mm apart; mouth oblique, highly concave, probably ovate, rising at the apex into a slender column; peristome rounded, 0.6-1.2 mm diam., ribs pronounced, 0.1 mm high, 0.2 mm apart, outer edge entire, inner edge, towards the column, with teeth 0.2 mm long; lid broadly ovate to suborbicular, 1.8-2.1 by 1.5-1.9 cm, apex rounded, base cordate, lower surface lacking appendages, with sparsely scattered conspicuous, round, volcano-like glands 0.1-0.2 mm wide, upper surface with up to 8 inconspicuous tentacles 1-2 mm long on each side near the margin; spur 7-9 mm long, filamentous, forked 4-6.5 mm from the apex. Upper pitchers unknown. Inflorescence reported as a short, lax raceme; peduncle 3-10 cm long; partial peduncles 1-flowered, 4-8; pedicels 5-10 mm long. Indumentum of sessile red glands on stems, lower surface of the leaves and outer pitchers; leaf blade margin thickly red-brown hairy with fasciculate erect hairs 0.7-1 mm long; pitcher outer surface, including lid and spur sparsely puberulent with scattered simple erect hairs 0.1-0.3 mm long; indumentum of inflorescence unknown. Colour of outside of dried pitchers white, about 3/4 overlaid with red stripes and blotches, veined dark violet; peristome dark violet; inside of pitcher blue-green; inflorescence unknown.
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