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2. Nepenthes rajah - Wikipedia

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   Nepenthes rajah / nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈrɑːdʒə / is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family Nepenthaceae. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. [3] Nepenthes rajah grows exclusively on serpentine substrates, particularly in areas of seeping ground water where the soil is loose ...

3. Pitcher plant - Wikipedia

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   Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants that have modified leaves known as pitfall traps —a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown the prey with nectar.

4. Nepenthes - Wikipedia

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   Nepenthes (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z /) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species , [4] and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids.

5. Nepenthes lowii - Wikipedia

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   Nepenthes lowii is a climbing plant. The stem may attain a length of more than 10 m [4] and is up to 20 mm in diameter. Internodes are cylindrical in cross section and up to 8 cm long. [5] A rosette plant with lower pitchers. The leaves of this species are coriaceous in texture.

6. Christopher Dresser - Wikipedia

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   Christopher Dresser (4 July 1834 – 24 November 1904) was a British designer and design theorist, now widely known as one of the first and most important independent designers. He was a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement and a major contributor to the allied Anglo-Japanese or Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) , both of which ...

7. Nepenthes aristolochioides - Wikipedia

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   Nepenthes aristolochioides / nɪˈpɛnθiːz ærɪˌstɒloʊkiˈɔɪdiːz / is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows at elevations of 1800–2500 m above sea level. It has an extremely unusual pitcher morphology, having an almost vertical opening to its traps. [3] It is critically endangered by overcollection.

8. Nepenthes attenboroughii - Wikipedia

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   Nepenthes attenboroughii ( / nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌætənˈbʌriaɪ, - ˌætənbəˈroʊɡiaɪ / ), or Attenborough's pitcher plant, [3] is a montane species of carnivorous pitcher plant of the genus Nepenthes. It is named after the celebrated broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, [4] [5] who is a keen enthusiast of the genus.

9. Nepenthes viridis - Wikipedia

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   Typical upper pitcher. In young plants with fimbriate leaves, the pitchers reach 10 cm in height. They have well-developed fringed wings up to 2 mm wide, which run the length of the pitcher cup and bear filaments 2–3 mm long. The peristome is up to 1–2 mm wide. The pitcher lid or operculum is almost perfectly round and reaches 1.5 cm in ...