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I got this totally red N. lavicola as cutting from another grower. I don't know the origin, but I believe it is a wild collected cutting. The plant never got bigger than 8 cm in diameter and the leafes always had the very red colouration shown at the left photo. Initially I thougt it was just an unusual clone, but when the first offshot appeared I was proven wrong. The basal offshot shown at the right phote never had this red colouration and also the diameter of the plant was much bigger and more typical for N. lavicola. I believe the red colour was due to a fungal infection and the offshot wasn't affected by this infection.
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The pitchers of this clone look somewhat unusal. Their lid is quite large compared to other plant I got from Andreas Wistuba.
This clone of N. lavicola I got from Andreas Wistuba in May 2002. Under high light levels the leaf size initially decreased but the leafes did also got much thicker. Another consequence of the light levels is the increased pitcher size and coloration:
N. lavicola seems to be an easy plant under typical highland conditions. It grows very fast for a highland plant, producing about one new leaf and pitcher in three to four weeks time.
Update 2007:
Mature lower and the first upper pitcher of this species is now grown:
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The plant seems to be a good candidate for terrarium growers due to its small size. The pitchers reach about 12 cm in height.