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Vabzdžiaėdžiai augalai ir jų aplinka – Carnivorous plants and their habitats

Ieškomi įrašai pažymėti Nepenthes

. Thailand is a country of great biological diversity, and a high proportion of the plant and animal species found in Thailand, differ from that found in Peninsula Malaysia and other parts of South East Asia. This is partly because, rainfall patterns in Thailand are strongly seasonalized, and a pronounced dry period is experiences for […]

. Peninsula Malaysia represents a hotspot for plant and animal diversity in South East Asia. Home to all Malaysian states except Sabah and Sarawak, the peninsula occupies an area of 131,500 km² and is dominated by the Banjaran Titiwangsa mountain range and several other smaller mountain complexes. Benefiting from year round high rainfall, Peninsula Malaysia […]

. In August 2007, I had the opportunity to visit the island of Sulawesi with a friend Greg Bourke, to study a little known pitcher plant called Nepenthes glabrata which is endemic to elevated habitats of central Sulawesi between 1,600 and 2,000 meters above sea level. Sulawesi is an island of great diversity a melting […]

It is my pleasure to write to you to announce that the following brand new books have been printed and will soon arrive for distribution: Aldrovanda – The Waterwheel Plant by Adam Cross This spectacular 249 page work is the first comprehensive monograph of Aldrovanda, the extraordinary carnivorous “Waterwheel Plant”. Known for trapping aquatic prey between jaw-like […]

. At the start of the twenty first century, approximately 120 species of Nepenthes have been discovered across the Old World continents. The overwhelming majority of species within this genus occur exclusively in South East Asia with the greatest diversity to be found on the great islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Generally Nepenthes sp. occur […]

ISBN: 978-0-9558918-2-3 ISBN: 978-0-9558918-3-0 Pitcher plants include the largest and most spectacular of all carnivorous plants. So-called because they produce highly specialised foliage that takes the form of hollow, water-filled “pitchers”, these extraordinary plants lure and prey upon arthropods and other small animals. The pitcher plants of the Old World also trap the largest prey of […]

by Stewart McPherson and Victor Amoroso ISBN: 978-0-9558918-8-5 Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines is a beautiful and colourful overview of the twenty seven species of Philippine pitcher plants (Nepenthes). Several species featured in this work have been discovered only in the last two years and are documented here for the very […]