A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Nepenthes vogelii
Interesting procedure: The plant has some juices in order to trap the arthropods and them digest. Many spiders have a symbiotic relationship with these kind of plants.
It is not a native plant
You got it, Mark! Thanks everyone who took their time trying to ID this spotting!
here I think I got it: Nephentes vogelii
http://www.wildborneo.com.my/images/cld0...
It could be Nepenthes alata: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/... (The images are at the end of the page...)
I have another one which shows a bit more, it must be from the Nepenthes family. It doesn't come from the ground, but gets on the branches from other plants which surround it.
Well like I said, if it is not native then he needs to note that. I said Sarreceniaceae because it is the only pitcher plants native in Costa Rica.
If you look closely at the first picture on the upper right side you can see the connection between tip of leaf and pitcher. It is a non native plant, I have lived in Costa Rica for 18 months and I have seen several Nepenthes growing there eventhough they do not "belong" there ;)
But since you didn't put pictures of the whole plant, that is not something I can tell. So only you would know that.
If it's Nepenthaceae then this is not a native plant, which would be good to know in your notes. Nepenthaceae has the cups forming from the tips of the leaves.
@AshleyT: I'm pretty sure it does not belong to the family of Sarraceniaceae, it is a type of Nepenthes. You can imagie the pitchers of the Sarraceniaceae like hoses coming out of the ground and the pitchers which belong to Nepenthes are at the end of a leaf (here: http://green-24.de/forum/files/thumbs/t_...)
@Toucan: I have several Nepenthes and Sarracenia at home and I am 99% sure your spotting belongs to the Nepenthes family!
I looked for images of the Nepenthaceae family, this one is quite similar: http://talkvietnam.com/uploads/2012/07/t...
Yes, Sarraceniaceae is all of the New World pitcher plants. Nepenthaceae is the old world pitcher plants, I think they are way cooler though :)
Spotted on Jan 21, 2013
Submitted on Jan 21, 2013
