OK, I just got a call from Chee Kin, that arse finally got his German shipment in and I'm DEAD JEALOUS!! He managed to get himself a 15-cm-diameter Nepenthes clipeata, which is one of the most protected Neps in the world - CITES I classification, and currently highly-endangered. It's found only on a couple of limestone cliff faces in Borneo, and this one he got was a tissue-cultured plant. Thank heavens for TC! There was a big hoo-ha a couple of years ago when all the TC N.clipeata stock grew up to be .... all males. Neps have different sexes on different plants (and it's sheer misfortune that almost all of mine are male), and there was a big shock through the CP community when this was discovered. Thankfully some adventurous souls braved climbing an almost-vertical rockface just to get more seeds to tissue culture, so hopefully this lovely species can be saved.

N.clipeata, apart from being highly-endangered, is also special in it's own way.
1) The leaves are heart-shaped. Most Neps have long, tapered leaves.
2) The start of the tendrils (that later form the pitchers) occur right in the middle of the leaf! All other neps have tendrils at the terminal ends of their leaves. Look at the pic to see what I'm talking about.

I'd KILL for a N.clipeata!