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London, England, United Kingdom
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While trimming back my pitcher plants (Nepenthes maxima), I usually check to see what kind of critters they catch in their traps. Usually its ants and other small insects & arthropods, and sometimes alien snails. But this trap (cut away) caught a young brown anole (Anolis sagrei). This is an upper trap and grow 8+ inches (20+ cm).Nepenthes traps are modified leaves designed hold liquid to capture prey by means of a pit fall method.See
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/7932060120/in/photostream/The brown anole, the victim seen here, is likely the main culprit in the near disappearance of the green anole (Anolis carolinensis) that many of us grew up with in Hawaii. Lizards are not native to the Hawaiian Islands, nor is Nepenthes.
www.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08/5644420432/
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Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia
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Low's Pitcher Plant may be found on poor soils in the mountains of Borneo. Now mainly a garden item. Photo from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo.
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Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Endemic to the Philippines (Luzon, Panay, and Sibuyan) 1,0002,000 m. (3,3006,600 ft)EtymologyThe generic name Nepenthes is from the Greek (npenths), a drug bringing relief from grief. A drug of Egypt mentioned in the "Odyssey" as capable of banishing grief or trouble from the mind.The specific epithet is from New Latin: ventricosus meaning "having a swelling on one side" with reference to the swelling appearance in the middle of the pitcher.
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Manambaro, Toliara, Madagascar
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A new flower on a carnivorous plant from Sarawak. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
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Fanged Pitcher Plant. Original illustration by Christine Elder.
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Found through much of southeast Asia. Photo from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
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Nepenthes alata x N. ventricosaHorticultural Nepenthes hybridNepenthaceae (Tropical Pitcher Plant family)Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)Upper pitcher.
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The flower panicle of an unidetified Pitcher Plant in a garden in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
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Ranging to 3000 m. altitude, and endemic to Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo (although widely planted). Photos from timberline on Kinabalu.
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Nepenthes sanguinea pitchers.Photo is available for use and distribution under Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Creative Commons Licence.I request that I am informed of any use of the image, so that I can see how and where it is used. Please visit my website for contact details -
www.zpyder.co.uk
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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)Ripe female flowers & fruits
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The largest Pitcher Plant, capable of digesting frogs and mice as well as insects. Widely planted but native only to the highest mountains of northeastern Borneo. Photo from Mt. Kinabalu.
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Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia