Nepenthes candalaga

Description: — Terrestrial, scrambling on neighboring plants for support; Climbing stem terete, becoming reddish depending on sunlight exposure up to 8 m long and up to 5 mm in diameter, internodes are up to 5.3 cm, axillary buds conspicuous; leaves up to 14.5 cm long × 2.3 – 2.6 cm wide, more or less linear; petioles winged, reddish depending on sunlight exposure, up to 2.5 cm long × 7 mm wide; leaf base acuminate, leaf apex acute, margin irregularly recurved, with 3 longitudinal nerves running parallel with the midvein; pennate nerves at 30 – 60 ° from the midrib, numerous, moderately conspicuous; midrib reddish-brown and contrasting with green lamina. Upper pitcher widest just below the peristome, bottom half is slightly inflated becoming infundibular tapering toward the tendril, cylindrical mid forming a hip becoming infundibular towards the ovate opening; 10 – 15 cm long and up to 4 cm wide (widest point), waxy zone up to 56 % of the pitcher length with ca. 0.2 × 0.2 (– 0.3) wax gland, digestive zone up to 44 % of the pitcher length with ca. 0.4 × 0.5 mm digestive glands; banner shaped wings just below the peristome (1 / 6 of the trap anterior), up to 6 mm long × 5 mm wide, fringe filaments 2 – 3, 4.0 – 4.7 mm long and 1 – 2 mm apart; mouth ovate tapering posteriorly to form a distinct vertically / slightly anteriorly inclined neck; peristome slightly flattened up to 3 mm wide, densely lined with ribs 0.5 ‒ 0.8 mm apart having small conspicuous short teeth-like projections with proximally sunken nectar glands in the semilunar depressions between ribs with canals emptying into the inner pitcher wall; spur is filiform, pubescent, unbranched, 1.0 – 1.1 cm long and up to 0.5 mm in diameter; lid orbicular, 2.3 – 3.7 cm long × 2.7 – 4.2 cm wide, apex notched, base cordate, lid appendage inverted fin-shaped, apex pointed towards the peristome, 3.0 – 3.5 mm at the base up to 3 mm long, nectar glands that are 0.1 × 0.1 mm are evenly distributed in the lower lid and appendage; tendrils coiling, up to 27 cm long and up to 5 mm in diameter. Color of living plants is much suffused with red depending on sunlight exposure. Peristome of upper pitchers greenish-yellow with narrow bands of maroon red. Pitchers marbled with red flecks towards mouth, becoming greenish at base. Pitcher interiors are creamy-yellow. Lid adaxial marbled red throughout depending on sunlight exposure. Lower / intermediate pitcher leaves were not observed during the time of collection. The female inflorescence is a panicle, pubescent except for the scape which is 16.5 ‒ 24.5 cm long scape up to 2 – 4 mm in diameter and an additional of up to 10 cm rachis. The partial peduncles are two 2 - flowered, 6 ‒ 7 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. The pedicels are up to 9 mm long and up to 1 mm in diameter bearing tetramerous narrow ovate petals that are 6 ‒ 7 mm long and 3.5 ‒ 4.0 mm wide with huge round (ca. 3 × 3 mm) to elongated (ca. 1.25 ‒ 2.50 × 1 ‒ 3 mm) nectar glands becoming smaller towards the tepal apex in the upper surface. The capsule bearing the seeds are 2.2 ‒ 3.2 cm long and ca. 5 mm wide. The seeds have filiform extensions that are unequal in length ranging from 5.5 ‒ 7.0 mm on either sides, seed body is 1 ‒ 2 mm × 0.8 ‒ 1.0 mm, total seed length is 1.2 ‒ 1.6 cm long. Male inflorescence were not observed during the time of collection.