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In 1928, B.H. Danser had only flat 1894 herbarium sheets of Nepenthes clipeata from Borneo’s Gunung Kelam, yet deduced its cliff-wall habit from geometry: with a short, stiff tendril emerging mid-underside of a round shield leaf, a 30 cm pitcher had no clearance unless the leaf stood vertically.

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When Mansur et al. (2021) roped onto Gunung Kelam’s granite cliffs after fires and poaching, they found just 18 wild plants—and among 14 in flower, 13 were male and 1 female. Their leaves stay N-limited (N:P 13.6) yet carry a distinct K-rich granite ionome (3.37% K) and dry-rim water economy.