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Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.

 

Habitat. Nepenthes albomarginata T. Lobb ex Lindl. Nepentheceae. CN: [Malay - generically referred to as Periuk kera], Pitcher plant. Distribution - Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. In Peninsular Malaysia restricted in the hill and mountains in the west coasts states - common on Penang Hill, Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Gunung Ledang, Johor, Gunung Bubu, Perak. Slender terrestrial climber up to ca 2 (-10) m with a distinctive white band on the pitcher. N. albomarginata is notable for specializing in luring and trapping termites. This specialization to a single prey taxon is unique amongst carnivorous plants by luring the preys to feed the trichomes directly below the peristome.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Malayan Forest Records No. 40 Vol. 3

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?431409

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_albomarginata

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes

aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/2/307.full.pdf

Carnivorous plants near Yachats, OR

Sarrecenia leucophylla growing in a man made bog in our backyard in Middleburg, VA

 

PHOTOGRAPHER NAME: John Magee LOCATION PHOTO WAS TAKEN: Middleburg, VA EMAIL ADDRESS: euphorbia@aol.com

Okefenokee NWR, 2003, about 1/2 mile from Kings Landing on the Green Trail. (scanned photo)

New York Botanical Garden, T. H. Everett rock garden

Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.

 

Nepenthes albomarginata T. Lobb ex Lindl. Nepentheceae. CN: [Malay - generically referred to as Periuk kera], Pitcher plant. Distribution - Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. In Peninsular Malaysia restricted in the hill and mountains in the west coasts states - common on Penang Hill, Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Gunung Ledang, Johor, Gunung Bubu, Perak. Slender terrestrial climber up to ca 2 (-10) m with a distinctive white band on the pitcher. N. albomarginata is notable for specializing in luring and trapping termites. This specialization to a single prey taxon is unique amongst carnivorous plants by luring the preys to feed the trichomes directly below the peristome.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Malayan Forest Records No. 40 Vol. 3

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?431409

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_albomarginata

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes

aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/2/307.full.pdf

The Autumn light is my favorite.....and the pitcher plants were striking in the dappled sun.

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