Nepenthes alata: Endemic to the Philippines, this lowland species grows large red pitchers and is ideal for first-time growers. Nepenthes ventricosa: Another beginner-friendly pitcher plant, this ...
Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant with leaves covered in hairs that resemble orangutan fur. It is ...
Orangutan pitcher plant (Nepenthes pongoides) just discovered in Sabah, on the tropical island of ... [+] Borneo. (Credit: Alastair Robinson.) An international team of botanists report they have ...
A newly described species of pitcher plant, one of the largest and furriest ever found, has been identified on a wild mountain in Borneo, Malaysia. The underside of the leaves of Nepenthes ...
“It was amazing,” he said. Dr Alastair Robinson in a jungle in Sabah, Malaysia, with the newly identified tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes pongoides. Robinson, who as a boy was a fan of the ...
More information: Alviana Damit et al, Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal of Botany (2024).
There are more than 150 species of pitcher plant in the world. This new discovery, Nepenthes biak, only grows on the small island of Biak, off the north coast of Indonesian New Guinea. Martin ...
This discovery was published in the paper: “Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo. Australian Journal of Botany 72 ...