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Nepenthes maxima

Image of Nepenthes maxima Reinw. ex Nees

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Great pitcher plantNepenthaceae (Tropical Pitcher Plant family)Native to New Guinea and Indonesia (the Maluku Islands & Sulawesi)Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)Pitcher www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/7972551154/in/photolist-...Nepenthes are carnivorous plants. This one trapped a Greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris), related to Coqui frogs (Eleutherodactylus coqui)--both not native to Hawaii.

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