Hello Nature Lovers! It's really nice to see you guys again here, on Amazing Nature Community ^_^
After I posted an article about Corpse Flower in the last week's contest, today I'm gonna share about something special again. ^_^ which is one of the rare types of plants, and only grows in certain places.
It can be said, this is a post about a plant that is very valuable to me, because this plant is one of the types of plants that are legally protected in my country, Indonesia. but anyway, I'm very happy to be able to share a little information about this one plant with all of you on Amazing Nature.
This is Tropical Pitcher Plant, This plant belonging to the family of the Nepenthes Genus is one of the carnivorous plants, in addition to absorbing soil nutrients through its roots (like other plants in general), they also prey on insects for additional nutrition... Really amazing isn't it ?! 😍
Most of Tropical Pitcher Plant species can be found in the interior of Borneo's forests (like this one).
I spent several hours on an expedition looking for this plant. The location is right in the middle of the dense forest of West Borneo.
And to observe this plant more specifically, please pay attention to the pictures I got below guys! ^_^
At first glance, these plants grow in a pile in one location, forming like a shrub and spreading little by little.
The flower shape of this plant is very unique, which is like an empty tube and has a lid on the top. 😀 I just opened the lid a little and took a picture of the inside for me to show you, so I'm sorry if I didn't get a perfect picture in this part, I was quite careful to do it because I didn't want to damage the plant... ^_^
As I said before, this plant is a carnivore, so it will prey on insects by trapping it into the tube, (for example like this one fly), when this fly slips into the tube, then, the lid on the This plant will be tightly closed to keep the fly away!...
Another unique thing is that, unlike ordinary flowers that grow on twigs and stalks, the flowers of this plant actually grow at each end of the leaf.
Over time, one by one the Tropical Pitcher Plant flowers will wither and die, but on the other hand, new flowers will soon grow to replace them. ^_^
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| Author | @ipul27 |
Thanks for reading my post, hope you guys love it, and having an amazing day!!
Love and Peace @ipul27 ✌🏻^_^
A pitcher plant 😍 .. I find these sooo amazing and a wonderful creation of mother nature .. I also found one back in the days .. Here is the one I once found .. They are truly amazing !
^ these are amazing...
Actually our Borneo forest has several of Pitcher Plant species, a few months ago I found a small red one in the wild, but I forgot the location, but this one is just as beautiful...^^Totally agree with you @adalger ^
Oh cool, the big borneo forest must have many super interesting and fascinating plants and animals around .. a great place for investigation of mother nature's creations 😁 .. I am already excited what we get to see from there in the future ^^
I'm glad my contents are getting positive responses from friends in this community @adalger ^_^ on the other hand, I also got many new knowledges from hiveans posts all over the world, that's what I really like about Hive Platform...
Sure, honestly, there are indeed many things that I can share with you about all the uniqueness of our forest in the future.^_^
An honor to be able to contribute in every Amazing Nature contest...
Best regards... 😊
Did you smell if the pitcher flower had dead carrion smell to attract the flies? Amazing design to attract it's meals @ipul27
Years ago I had a carrion smelling flower to attract insects here in Durban South Africa, if you wish to see the Stapelia, have a lovely weekend and thanks for sharing this amazing plant.
Hi @joanstewart, yes, I have smelled it, this plant also emits a bad smell, but the smell is not that strong. I also found some dead flies in the plant, by the way. It's truly amazing! ^_^
Wow! What a wonderful Stapelia 😍 at first glance he looks like a starfish, heheh. It seems they are very good at attracting flies. Also thanks for sharing this one my friend, that's super!... ^_^
I thought it would to attract the flies to something smelly, love the door trap at the top of the tube. Plants are fascinating, sometime allowing visitor to pollinate, or simply attracting a meal for themselves.
Stepelia I had was brown in colour, very pungent rotting smell especially on hot summer days and yes had good feeding.... 😄 plenty flies attracted to it.
I think, the smell produced by these carnivorous plants are indeed designed to be a fly's favorite, so it's hard to refuse to perch on trap trap. 😁Very interesting to be able to discuss about this one plant with you @joanstewart ^_^ they are really amazing...
Not seeing them often or having to go find them they are always interesting in how they survive.
At one time having/buying a Venus flytrap in the home was popular, long before all these pesticides were introduced, and no one wanted the old sticky brown hanging thing in the kitchen used to trap flies 🙂.
sometimes nature provides plants that are quite useful for us, such as a fly catch plant that hangs in the kitchen, very funny 😄 but anyway, we have to put up with the smell ^_^ heheh...
Yay! 🤗
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