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Nepenthes northiana is endemic to the Kuching Division of Sarawak, [5] particularly the hills around the village of Bau. The species has an elevational distribution of 0 to 500 m above sea level and is restricted to limestone substrates. [20] Nepenthes northiana growing in large clumps on the limestone cliffs of Bau
Nepenthes mirabilis at the Periyar Tiger Reserve, in Southern Western Ghats of India. Nepenthes species usually consist of a shallow root system and a prostrate or climbing stem, often several metres long and up to 15 m (49 ft) or more, and usually 1 cm (0.4 in) or less in diameter, although this may be thicker in a few species (e.g. N. bicalcarata).
Nepenthes veitchii from Borneo is also thought to be a close relative. [1] The pitchers of N. robcantleyi are exceptionally large, reaching 40 cm in length by 10 cm in width. The inflorescence, at up to 2.5 m long, is the tallest among known Nepenthes species. [4] The plant itself does not grow very tall, however, and is not known to climb. [1]
An ongoing crisis stemming from a widening landslide is threatening multimillion-dollar homes in the Southern California city of Rancho Palos Verdes. Residents in the growing landslide zone, which ...
Temperate North America. This one in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, California. 180 feet (55 meters). [43] [44] This is the longest root climber. This one was climbing a Coast Redwood and was three inches (7.6 cm) thick. Nepenthes hispida (Nepenthaceae). Sarawak and Brunei in Malaysian Borneo. 165 feet (50 meters), [45]
Ch'ien C. Lee (Chinese: 李乾; pinyin: Lǐ Qián) is a photographer and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes.Lee has described several new Nepenthes species, including N. baramensis [1] (now known as N. hemsleyana [2]), N. chaniana, [3] N. gantungensis, [4] N. glandulifera, [5] N. jamban, [6] N. lingulata, [6] N. palawanensis, [7] N. pitopangii, [8] N. platychila, [9 ...
Nepenthes malayensis (A.Amin, M.N.Faizal & Dome), or the striped Malayan montane pitcher plant, is a large species of carnivorous tropical pitcher plant native and endemic to eastern mountains of Peninsular Malaysia. The peristomes on both upper and lower pitchers are profusely adorned by reddish bands, or stripes, making the species rather ...
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