Nepenthes rajah is the most impressive, and possibly the best known of the pitcher plants. Some of the leaves become modified as they grow, developing enormous flasks known as 'pitchers'. These containers rest on the ground, and the lower pitchers may reach up to 35 centimetres high and 18 centimetres wide; the edge of the mouth has a highly distinctive wavy lip, and the outside of the pitcher is purple whist the inside is more yellowish in colour (2). The lid of the pitcher is very large and arched above the flask (2). The thick stem grows along the ground and may reach up to six metres in length. The leaves also reach a large size; they are leathery with a wavy outer margin (2). Flowers are born on a branched inflorescence (or flower stem); they have a strong sugar smell and are brownish-yellow in colour (2).Thursday, December 31, 2009
Pitcher plant (Nepenthes rajah) ΔΕΙΤΕ ΤΟ ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟ ΦΥΤΟ!!!
Nepenthes rajah is the most impressive, and possibly the best known of the pitcher plants. Some of the leaves become modified as they grow, developing enormous flasks known as 'pitchers'. These containers rest on the ground, and the lower pitchers may reach up to 35 centimetres high and 18 centimetres wide; the edge of the mouth has a highly distinctive wavy lip, and the outside of the pitcher is purple whist the inside is more yellowish in colour (2). The lid of the pitcher is very large and arched above the flask (2). The thick stem grows along the ground and may reach up to six metres in length. The leaves also reach a large size; they are leathery with a wavy outer margin (2). Flowers are born on a branched inflorescence (or flower stem); they have a strong sugar smell and are brownish-yellow in colour (2).
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