Pitcher plants from tropical regions prefer temperatures in the 70s and 80s during the day and in the mid-60s at night. They can tolerate temperatures down to around 55°F or so, but exposure to ...

More information: Alviana Damit et al, Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal of Botany (2024).

As Dr Martin Cheek points out, tropical pitcher plants “are unique because some species have the largest animal traps known in the plant world, and attract, trap and digest, not just large ...

“It was amazing,” he said. Dr Alastair Robinson in a jungle in Sabah, Malaysia, with the newly identified tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes pongoides. Robinson, who as a boy was a fan of the ...

Having won gold medals in 2006 and 2007, Borneo Exotics returned this year with a larger more elaborate exhibit of ‘Tropical pitcher plants in a natural setting’. The gold medal was awarded by a ...