Description: This family of about 140 species are called canivorous plants because they gain their nutirents from trapping and consuming animals or insects. They are mostly climbing, long-stemmed woody vines called lianas, growing throughout the tropics in Australia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines and Madagascar. The pitchers are modified leaves that trap insects in order to gain nutrients from them. The pitchers have special glands that produce nectar to attract insects. Slippery hairs stop them from climbing out and they eventually drown. Pitcher plants are sometimes called Monkey Cups as monkeys have been known to drink from the pitcher. Date: 9 October 2019, 13:24. Source: Pitcher Plant (Nepenthaceae) Nepenthes Veitchii Pink. Author: geoff mckay from Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Description: This family of about 140 species are called canivorous plants because they gain their nutirents from trapping and consuming animals or insects. They are mostly climbing, long-stemmed woody vines called lianas, growing throughout the tropics in Australia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines and Madagascar. The pitchers are modified leaves that trap insects in order to gain nutrients from them. The pitchers have special glands that produce nectar to attract insects. Slippery hairs stop them from climbing out and they eventually drown. Pitcher plants are sometimes called Monkey Cups as monkeys have been known to drink from the pitcher. Date: 25 September 2019, 13:49. Source: Pitcher Plant (Nepenthaceae) Nepenthes Veitchii Pink. Author: geoff mckay from Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Description: Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes veitchii) are on display in the Conservatory of the Cairns Botanic Gardens in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. This carnivorous plant lives by trapping insects in a cavity. Date: 23 June 2018, 12:23. Source: Nepenthes veitchii. Author: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada. Camera location16° 53′ 56.48″ S, 145° 44′ 51.21″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-16.899022; 145.747557.
