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 ...

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 ...

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Tarpits were originally designed to waste spammers' time and resources, but creators like Aaron have now evolved the tactic ...

The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...

The trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes pitcher plant, swarming with nectar-collecting ants. Research from the University of Bristol, UK, has found that, by 'switching off' its traps for part of ...

Sophisticated chemistry helps make the pitcher a death trap. Nepenthes rafflesiana, a pitcher plant that grows in jungles on Borneo, produces nectar that both lures insects and forms a slick ...

And these plants are especially impressive on Mount Kinabalu, with some species producing ‘pitchers the size of house cats.’ The Nepenthes pitcher plants of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.

One species of tropical pitcher plant is actually named after Sir David Attenborough - the Nepenthes attenboroughii. Sometimes referred to as a living fossil, Welwitschia mirabilis is known to ...