Fanged Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes bicalcarata, Upper Pitcher

This is the Upper pitcher of Fanged Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes bicalcarata, the name is for obvious reasons for the 2 spines that looks like fangs, under the lid.

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Ferdy Christant

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Superb find, and it looks to be in a perfect state! Posted 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Ferdy :)
  Found them at the fringe of the forest next to the worker's quarters, lots of them and choose the the one that is most photogenic :D Posted 8 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Way too cool! Posted 6 years ago

The Fanged Pitcher-Plant

''Nepenthes bicalcarata'' , also known as the Fanged Pitcher-Plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to northwestern Borneo, Indonesia. It is a myrmecophyte noted for its mutualistic association with a species of ant, ''Camponotus schmitzi''. As an ant-fed plant it lacks many of the features that characterise the carnivorous syndrome in ''Nepenthes'', including viscoelastic and highly alkaline pitcher fluid, the waxy zone of the pitcher interior, and possibly even functional digestive enzymes.
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Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies

Species identified by Albert Kang