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Fanged Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes bicalcarata This Fanged Pitcher Plant -  Nepenthes bicalcarata has 2 spines that looks like fangs under its lids. Brunei,Fanged Pitcher-Plant,Nepenthes,Nepenthes bicalcarata,Pitcher Plant,Plant Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Fanged Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes bicalcarata

This Fanged Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes bicalcarata has 2 spines that looks like fangs under its lids.

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  1. Beautiful! Posted 6 years ago

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''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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Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Mar 1, 2019. Captured Feb 22, 2019 22:03.
  • TG-5
  • f/4.0
  • 1/80s
  • ISO200
  • 7.86mm