Nepenthes × cincta (; from Latin cinctus "girdled") is a natural hybrid between N. albomarginata and N. northiana. Nepenthes × cincta is a rare plant and, due to the localised distribution of N. northiana, only grows at a few sites in Bau, Sarawak, usually on a substrate of limestone. N. × cincta is one of only three known natural hybrids involving N. northiana, the others being N. × bauensis and a cross with N. mirabilis. The traits of N. albomarginata are very dominant in this hybrid; the wide flared peristome of its larger parent species (N. northiana) is almost completely lost. Pitchers are narrowly infundibulate (funnel-shaped) throughout and range in colouration from cream to dusky purple with red or black spots. References [Anonymous] 1890. Nepenthes cincta. The Gardeners' Chronicle, series 3, 8(185): 48. Clarke, C.M. & C.C. Lee 2004. Pitcher Plants of Sarawak. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, p. 32. Lee, C.C. 2000. Recent Nepenthes Discoveries. [video] The 3rd Conference of the International Carnivorous Plant Society, San Francisco, USA. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. cincta Carnivorous plants of Asia Endemic flora of Borneo Flora of Sarawak