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    Pitcher plants of southern Peninsular Malaysia

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    On my second day in southern Peninsular Malaysia (Johor state of Malaysia), I was looking for possible site for fishing....& then we found a secondary forest full of lowland species of pitcher plants.

    To me, there was nothing to look at.....all the common lowland species such as Nepenthes ampullaria, N. gracilis & N. rafflesiana (N. mirabilis is rare in Johor).

    However, when my friend, Lim found a natural cross hybrid, N. gracilis x N. rafflesiana, my eyes almost "popped out" !!!! Gosh!!! This is VERY VERY RARE hybrid! Lim was too lucky to find it !!!!


    The habitat:






    N. gracilis.





    N. gracilis.





    N. gracilis.





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    N. ampullaria.




    There is no red N. ampularia in Peninsular Malaysia. However, I found this pitcher is a bit red....must be caused by the strong sunlight in the open space (of where it grows).




    N. rafflesiana.





    N. rafflesiana.






    The first hybrid that we found is N. x hookeriana:

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    Then, we found this rare N. gracilis x N. rafflesiana. (The leaf looks like something in between N. gracilis & N. rafflesiana)





    N. gracilis x N. rafflesiana.




    N. gracilis x N. rafflesiana.






    And we also found N. x trichocarpa (N. ampullaria x N. gracilis) - upper pitcher.







    N. x trichocarpa - lower pitcher:





    N. x trichocarpa





    N. x trichocarpa - these lower pitchers are covered by grasses & leaf litter.....so the color is reddish. No idea what caused it to be red in color when it is not exposed to the sunlight. Anyone can explain?






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