Kent ridge park.. ( pitcher plant )

Went to Kent Ridge park today, as part of the module for Ecology. This prac was mainly on spotting measuring pitcher plants present in the secondary forest. ( Adinandra belukar ) . On such a hot day, 31 degrees, it's a bit siao.. but still something different from the lectures. Talking abt pitcher plant, I guess most ppl would say that it's quite unique and hard to find.. But I would actually disagree, cos it's more about where to find. It's practically everywhere along kent ridge park. Knowing the facts and how pitcher plant grows, it makes it easier to spot and identify possible locations.

3 species of pitcher plant can be found on our soil. Namely,

Raffles' pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana

A big and colour pitcher plant, that can have vases that grows up to 30cm long.

Slender pitcher plant, ( Nepenthes gracilis)

Most abundant species ..

narrow-lidded pitcher plant, ( Nepenthes ampullaria )

Notice that it grows in cluster, it's the least common.

personally, i'm quite amazed about pitcher plant. It's a plant, yet carnivorous. Nature is just so amazing that plants derive new mechanisms to cope with the lag of nutrients. ( In nutrients rich soil, the plant will not develop any vases, since it takes a lot of nutrients to invest in one )