Nepenthes dubia
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Nepenthes dubia is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it grows at an elevation of 1,600–2,700 m above sea level. The specific epithet dubia is the Latin word f
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An upper pitcher
A young climbing plant in mossy forest at around 1600 m
Numerous plants growing among stunted ridgetop vegetation
Carnivorous plant
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Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and
Nepenthes dubia
…produces thick, mucilaginous pitcher liquid similar to that found in related species such as N. inermis. The pitchers of N. inermis function not only as pitfall traps but also as flypaper traps, with the sticky inner walls trapping flying insects above the surface of the fluid. A similar trapping method may be employed…
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes lowii, a tropical pitcher plant that supplements its carnivorous diet with tree shrew droppings.
The pitchers of Heliamphora chimantensis are an example of pitfall traps.
Darlingtonia californica: note the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen "balloon" and the colourless patches that confuse prey trapped inside.
Brocchinia reducta: a carnivorous bromeliad