This was an amazing bog area absolutely prolific with pitcher plants! Very cool!

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

Sarracenia flava

(Yellow pitcher plants)

My first fieldtrip to Shaken Creek Preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy located near Maple Hill, NC. There was about 25 people who attended. We visited two sites and saw many great plants.

Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida

Hybrid created by Brooks Garcia.

pitcher plants