Nepenthes burbidgeae, also known as the painted pitcher plant or Burbidge's Pitcher-Plant, is a tropical pitcher plant with a patchy distribution around Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Borneo.
Nepenthes burbidgeae
Upper pitchers
Lower pitchers of N. burbidgeae growing in mossy forest
Lower pitchers of N. burbidgeae × N. fusca
Frederick William Burbidge
Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1847–1905) was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries.
An illustration of Burbidgea nitida from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1879). The plant was discovered by Burbidge on an expedition in Borneo.