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Pitcher plant

Nepenthes alata

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large carnivorous plant. either N. alata or N. ventricosa.

Habitat:

growing among some weeds near rice terraces

Notes:

I spotted this while on a hike around rice terraces near the village of Batad.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (13)

Thanks for choosing this Karen. I wanted to share a link to an extremely rare pitcher plant I spotted in Madagascar, one of only two species found there. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5995622
Congratulations Dan, this spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/30038358590/carnivorous-plants
That's cool Leslie. A friend of mine at work also has a huge collection of carnivorous plants, tropical and native species.
I know a Florida man who has several plants in his garden.
So far there are only 2 knowns from Northern Luzon - N. ventricosa and N. alata. Unless they describe a new one.
Thanks. I will go with that and put in my notes that I'm not 100% sure.
Now I understand. Batad is northeast of Banaue. Maybe try Banaue instead. :)
I wrote the location in my notes. I just wrote Luzon in the location category because it wasn't recognizing the village of Batad.

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