Identify this please
Posted 19/01/2013 - 09:18 - Helpful Comment
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Well it certainly looks like a Pitcher Plant, although there are several species of those and I couldn't tell which which specific one this is. They are known for being carnivorous, attracting bugs in at the top with sweet secretions... they then drop into the 'pitcher' and drown and are digested by the juices in the bottom of the bowl. One of the really big ones attracts a particular type of rodent, which, while licking the sweetness from the lid of the pitcher, deposits droppings into the pitcher below, which the plant uses to extract nutrients from. Nice
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Posted 19/01/2013 - 12:56 - Helpful Comment
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Nepenthes or monkey cups... got one myself growing on the windowsill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes
cor only my second post though I have lurked here for a while!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes
cor only my second post though I have lurked here for a while!
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