Podcasts about Nepenthes

Sometimes plants come in very silly shapes.Music by James Milor from PixabayInformation provided by:https://sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/3891/nepenthes-bokorensis-wildSpecies composition of ant prey of the pitcher plant Nepenthes bokorensis Mey (Nepenthaceae) in Phnom Bokor National Park, Cambodia by Shingo Hosoishi, et al. (2012). Cambodian Journal of Natural History, 5(1), pg. 3-7.Report of carnivorous plants (Droseraceae, Lentibulariaceae and Nepenthaceae) from seasonally dry savannahs in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia by Pierre-Olivier Maquart, et al. (2021). Cambodian Journal of Natural History, 14(1), pg. 1-4.Nepenthes bokorensis, a new species of Nepenthaceae from Cambodia by Francois Sockhom Mey (2009). Carniflora Australis, 7(1), pg. 6-15.Nepenthes holdenii (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pyrophytic pitcher plant from the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia (2010) by Francois Stockhom Mey, et al. In: Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats by Stewart McPherson.https://www.livescience.com/carnivorous-penis-pitcher-plant-pickedhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_bokorensis

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Episode 94: Nepenthes: Conservation Summary: How are Nepenthes doing in the wild? Can we help them if the need help? Join Kiersten as she answers these questions and more about Nepenthes conservation.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Nepenthes Conservation: Preserving Earth's Carnivorous Marvels,” Singapore Carnivorous Plant Society. https://sgcarnivorousplantsociety.medium.com Nepenthes Species. IUCN Red List, https://www.iucnredlist.org “I'll Have Flies with That,” by Kali Shiloh. Stanford Magazine, September 2022. https://stanfordmag.org *This article also highlights some responsible carnivorous plants growers.* Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. Once again we find ourselves at the bittersweet final episode of a series. It's always exciting to finish a topic but sad to say goodbye to my chosen topic. The final episode of Nepenthes is the fifth thing I like about them and that is conservation. Just like Rafflesia, the biggest obstacle to the survival of all wild growing Nepenthes is habitat loss. Once again we can blame ourselves for this as vast tracts of rainforest are cleared for agriculture, logging, and urban development. Unlike Rafflesia that cannot be collected from the wild because of its unique life cycle, Nepenthes can be collected from the wild. Collecting various species of Nepenthes has become big business and the race to possess the most unique and hard to obtain species has created a market for illegally harvested plants.  Changing weather patterns is also impacting the future survival prospects of many Nepenthes species. Some habitats are receiving less rainfall causing many species of Nepenthes to struggle for survival. Their habitats are changing so quickly the plants cannot adapt fast enough. And something that the entire world is battling that is also impacting Nepenthes, invasive species. Humans, whether knowingly or unknowingly, have spread both plants and animal species all around the globe. When these non-native species are introduced to other habitats, chaos ensues. Nepenthes plants are battling both invasive plants and animals that are either stealing the resources they need or damaging their habitats. How can we help wild Nepenthes? By doing many of the same things we are doing for Rafflesia. We need to establish protected areas and reserves that include Nepenthes habitats. This action has the added bonus of helping any other plants, animals, and insects that also live in these habitats, as well as securing natural spaces that positively impact human health. We can also enforce and strengthen legal protections already in place for Nepenthes species. Unlike Rafflesia, there are 123 species of Nepenthes listed on the IUCN's Red List. The Red List is a catalog of species that have been studied enough to determine a population count and trending patterns of that population number. Many of the Nepenthes species listed are Least Concern which means that their population numbers are healthy and stable or increasing, but 45 of these species are categorized as Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered. The important thing about being listed by the IUCN is that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species can pass measures to help regulate international trade in the listed species. Continued research of Nepenthes species in the wild is an important step to successful conservation. If we know where and what these plants need to survive, we can expand preserves and bolster laws protecting them. This also provides information that can be utilized to successfully propagate Nepenthes in captivity. Some of the critically endangered species may only be saved by propagating them in greenhouses and botanical gardens. And the last thing we all can do to help is educate everyone about these wicked cool plants! Letting people know about these amazing living beings is the number one best way to ensure their survival into the future. Tell your friends, family, and strangers in the grocery store line about these unbelievable unknown plants. Feel free to give a little shout out for my Ten Things I Like About…podcast while you're at it! Let's talk a little bit about the hobbyists that are propagating Nepenthes in captivity. Collecting Nepenthes out of the wild one of the activities that is cause for concern, but not all hobbyists are part of the darker side of collecting Nepenthes. Many, probably most, are people that follow all the rules and regulations established to protect the plant in the wild. Some are even involved in propagating critically endangered species.  There is a market for Nepenthes outside of scientific study and conservation and this is where I fell down a rabbit hole of unbelievable prices. If you do a search for Nepenthes on the internet the first sites that pop up are online shopping sites. You can buy hundreds of different species ranging in price from $10 to $1900. The most expensive Nepenthes species ever sold is Nepenthes veitchii that sold for $3500 in 2020 earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World records for the most expensive carnivorous plant on the planet.  If you are interested in delving into this interesting but addictive world, you can find several online sites to purchase any number of Nepenthes species. But do your research and make sure these sites offer lab grown Nepenthes so you are not supporting illegal collection for the wild. The lab grown species will also have a better chance of survival in captivity since they are already used to that environment.  You can also join many Carnivorous Plant Societies from all over the world. Many of these organizations have seed banks that store varies species or carnivorous plants including Nepenthes. They will sell seeds to those interested in trying their hand at growing from seed and offer advice and support along your journey. Most of these organizations are also great places to find information on new scientific discovers. Many of them improve captive cultivation techniques and are happy to share with the public and research facilities simply because they love their plants. That is all for this episode of Nepenthes. I am glad you joined my for my fifth favorite thing about this carnivorous plant, conservation. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.    Reporting on Nepenthes and Rafflesia has been a fun ride for me and I hope you all enjoyed it, as well. Join me in two weeks for the beginning of a new series about a misunderstood or unknown animal.   (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Summary: Do plants eat meat? Yes they do! Join Kiersten as she discusses the diet of Nepenthes which includes more than just meat.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Caught in a Trap,” The Biologist 62(2) p12-14. “Nepenthes lowii: the carnivorous plant that evolved into a toilet,” by Paul Simons. The Guardian, April 2023. https://www.theguardian.com “Bats Are Acoustically Attracted to Mutualistic Carnivorous Plants,” by Michael G. Schoner, Caroline R Schoner, Ralph Simon, T. Ulmar Grafe, Sebastian J. Puechmaille, Liaw Lin Ji, Gerald Kerth. Current Biology, Volume 25, Issue 14, 20 July 2015, Pgs 1911-1916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.054 Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. The fourth thing I like about Nepenthes is its diet. These are not your typical plants. Sunlight is not the only thing on the menu. I have spoken of a portion of the diet in the previous episodes, so we all know that Nepenthes eats meat. But before we jump into that portion of their diet let's look at the other half of their diet. It's this half that led to the need for the meat eating side of Nepenthes nutrition. Nepenthes is like other plants that use photosynthesis to grow. I don't know about all of you listeners, but it has been a minute since 6th grade science class, so here is a refresher on how photosynthesis works.  Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create sugars that they can utilize to survive. Plants take in carbon dioxide through small holes in the leaves, stems, flowers, and other parts of the plant. They will combine that with water, usually absorbed through the roots, and sunlight. The sunlight is the energy that helps the plant combine the carbon dioxide and the water together to create glucose which they use as food to grow big and strong. If they only need those three things, what's up with the soil? Soil offers plants minerals that they need to boost their health and growth.  Plants can live without it but to reproduce successfully they need an extra kick. The need for this extra kick is why Nepenthes evolved to eat meat.  Most Nepenthes species grow in nutrient poor soil or no soil at all. So they evolved to get the extra minerals they need from another source.  How do you catch prey if you don't have teeth or claws and you are rooted in place? Well, you bring the prey to you! Nepenthes developed pitcher traps to attract and catch prey without having to use teeth and claws or roam about searching for prey. The pitcher develops from tendrils that grow as the plant matures. Tendrils will emerge from the midline of leaves and as it matures the tip of the tendril will begin to inflate with air. Once it has inflated to the desired size, which depends on the species and whether it is a lower pitcher or an aerial pitcher, it will fill with liquid. The top of the pitcher will pop open when the pitcher is ready for use.  The pitchers of Nepenthes are classified as pitfall traps. This means that they are relying on insects falling into the pitcher and getting stuck inside. A pitfall trap is a trap that something falls into and cannot climb the walls to get out. So, how does this work for the Nepenthes pitcher? The pitcher will attract insects with the scent of pollen. Insects will investigate the trap searching for the source of the smell. There is no pollen to be found inside the pitcher so the insects will turn to leave and discover that they cannot. As they try to climb out, the waxy lining of the pitcher will flake away leaving the insect struggling to get out. But no upward motion is possible and the prey item eventually falls into the liquid at the bottom of the pitcher. The liquid is mainly water until prey falls in and sloshes the water around as it attempts to get out. The vibrations created by the struggle stimulate digestive glands which release a digestive acid. The acid is so strong that an insect the size of a midge will disappear completely within hours. Nepenthes rajah, one of the largest Nepenthes species, can digest mice! What are they getting from these digested insects and mammals? Nitrogen and phosphorus which are vital minerals for the healthy growth of the plant. Those of you that are gardeners probably recognize those elements as being important to plant survival. If you supplement your gardens with fertilizer the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus are extremely important.  Let's take a closer look at a specific Nepenthes species's hunting strategy. Nepenthes rafflesiana produces two different pitchers, upper and lower, like many pitches plants do. The uppers pitchers specialize in attracting flying insects while the lower pitchers focus on terrestrial insects. The upper pitchers are narrow and release fragrant compounds that mimic the scent of flowers. This attracts a wide range of rainforest pollinators that mistake the scent for a good snack. They will enter the pitcher in search of the source of the aroma and come in contact with sticky polysaccharides that coat the wings rendering them useless. The insects can't fly out and fall into the liquid to be digested. The lower pitchers of Nepenthes rafflesiana use a lining of wax crystals to trap terrestrial insects. It attracts mainly ants. When the ants enter the pitcher the wax crystals attach to the ant's feet preventing them from climbing out of the pitcher. It clings to the feet causing them to slip along the surface of the pitcher leading them to the liquid death below. Some Nepenthes are generalists and are happy to take whatever they can get in their traps, but remember competition for pollinators is fierce so some spices have become specialists. Nepenthes albomarginata has a band of white hairs just below the rim of its pitchers. These hairs are bait for termites. And this Nepenthes sure knows how to do it right. It can catch 20 termites per minute during a frenzied feast. Okay, now we're going to talk about what inspired me to report on Nepenthes for my podcast. Remember in the first episode when I said these plants fed on something unusual that gives a whole new twist on the term “potty mouth”? Well, here we go! Nepenthes rajah can digest mice and rats, but that's not what it's really shooting for when it attracts these animals. What is really wants is the rodents poop. Yep, that's right it wants the rodent to use its pitcher as a potty. The feces of these animals is high in nitrogen  and much easier to digest than the body of an insect or mammal.  Nepenthes lowii was the species that caught my eye when I was researching unusual plants. This plant has large pitchers that have evolved to attract mountain tree shrews that slip into the pitcher to lick a fatty substance that oozes from the lip of the pitcher. The shrew balance on the edge of the pitcher and as they eat they leave behind a deposit. There is some speculation that the substance emitted by the pitcher my have a laxative component that ensures the animal leaves behind a deposit before the depart.  Nepenthes hemsleyana attracts a specific animal to roost in its pitchers so it can collect poo all day long. The lid of this plant's pitcher is shaped specifically to reflect bat echolocation frequencies. Bats such as Hardwicke's Wooly Bat use echolocation to find acceptable day roosts. They search for the right reflection from a plant structure to indicate an acceptable daytime roost. Nepenthes hemsleyana had evolved to reflect the correct frequency luring the bat in to roost throughout the day. The bat will poop as they sleep the day away and the plant will catch it in the pitcher. Talk about a Bed and Breakfast! Can you believe it! This plant is so amazing!! I can go on about Nepenthes diets, but I've run over time already. I'm so glad you joined me for this episode of Nepenthes because my fourth favorite thing, honestly my most favorite thing, about them is their diet. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another episode about Nepenthes.       (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Summary: How do Nepenthes become big strong plants? Join Kiersten as she walks through the stages of Nepenthes life cycle.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Nepenthes. Wikipedia (This page is well referenced). ”Pitcher Plant: Tropical Pitcher Plants-Nepenthes sp.” The North Creek Wetland, https://www.uwb.edu Tropical Pitcher Plant-Nepenthes. Carnivorous Plant Resource. https://www.carnivorousplantresourcs.com Nepenthes Phylogeny, International Carnivorous Plant Society. https://www.carnivorousplants.org Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. The eighth episode of Unbelievable Unknown Plants is also the third episode of Nepenthes and the third thing I like about this supercool plant is its life cycle. Now, I'm sure you remember the unusual life cycle of Rafflesia from previous episodes, boy that was a fun episode. Nepenthes is not quite as unusual, but it it still exciting. No laughing, this really is exciting. It all starts with a meet-cute. A male Nepenthes meets a female Nepenthes, they fall in love, get married, have babies, and live happily ever after. No not really, but Nepenthes are dioecious which means individual plants are either male or female. Mature plants do start off as seeds, unlike Rafflesia they do not rely on a host plant to harbor them until they are ready to bloom. Nepenthes are more like traditional plants that rely on seeds germinating in soil to grow.  They cannot pollinate themselves, so how do they create seeds? They must rely on a pollinator to get the whole reproduction thing started. Once the plant has matured, flowers will bloom. Both sexes produce flowers. Male's flowers will produce pollen, while the female's flowers will have carpels, the reproductive structure. The flowers will grow on a long spike. Several flowers will grow on one spike. The flower spikes are completely different structures from the pitchers that these plants are so well known for. Pollen needs to get inside the carpel for the reproductive cycle to begin. Nepenthes rely on insects to do the pollinating, but as we discussed with Rafflesia the competition for insect pollinators is fierce, so Nepenthes has targeted non-typical insects to do their bidding. They give off a not-so-sweet smell to attract insects such as blow flies, midges, male mosquitos, and wasps; while also attracting more typical pollinators such as moths and butterflies.  Before you start scratching your head and wondering how the insects survive a visit to a pitcher plant that eats insects, remember the flowers and the pitchers are two different parts of the Nepenthes plant. The pollinators are not attracted to the pitcher trap they are only attracted to the flowers, so they are safe to drink from the flowers and pick up and deposit pollen without getting eaten.  Once the female flowers have been pollinated, a four-sided capsule will develop. Inside this capsule is 50 to 500 seeds. The seeds are light in weight with an embryo in the middle and two wings, one on each side. The seeds are distributed by the wind, so the low weight and wings help the seeds travel further away. Hopefully those seeds will settle in appropriate soil to begin the reproductive process all over again. When they do, the seeds will sprout developing a shallow root system and a climbing stem that can reach several meters long. Along the stems alternate leaves will sprout. These leaves will become the pitchers. A tendril will extend past the end of the leaf at the midrib. This tendril will swell and droop eventually becoming the pitcher. Most Nepenthes produce two types of pitchers, “lower pitchers” that grow near the ground and “upper pitchers” that grow higher on the plants. The lower pitchers are usually larger and may actually sit on the ground. The upper pitchers also called aerial pitchers are usually smaller and may be a differ color than the lower pitchers. These two types of pitchers can posses different features meaning one plant may have two different types of pitchers. The upper pitchers generally develop as the plant matures and will often create loops in the vine so the plant can hold onto something to help stabilize it. This is an incredibly cool adaptation, I mean mind-blowingly cool, but it can make identifying species difficult.  As the pitchers are growing they are developing a hatch on the top of the pitcher. When the pitcher is ready to attract and trap prey, the top pops open and the pitcher will emanate a scent that attracts targeted prey items. The two different types of pitchers that one plant produces often attract different types of prey. That is genius! I guess the last question about the life cycle of Nepenthes is how long do they live? We don't have a perfect answer for this yet, but it appears that they can live indefinitely. If they have the right habitat, food resources, and water, they can live forever. That doesn't mean that every Nepenthes plant will live forever. In the wild, they are battling habitat loss, food depletion, broad spectrum herbicide use, and poaching which all impacts their potential life span.   It also doesn't mean if you run out and buy one from the store that it will live forever. I know the ones that I brought into my house lasted maybe a year, but I was a novice at caring for them and bought them on a whim. People more knowledgeable than I can encourage them to live a long an healthy life in a home but you have to put some blood, sweat, and tears into it.  Thanks for joining me for the third episode of Nepenthes because my third favorite thing about them is their life cycle.   If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform you're listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another episode about Nepenthes.       (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Summary: How many species of Nepenthes are there and where are they found? Join Kiersten as she takes you on a trip to discover the Nepenthes species.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes:  Nepenthes. Wikipedia (This page is well referenced). “Caught in a Trap,” The Biologist 62(2) p12-14. Tropical Pitcher Plant-Nepenthes. Carnivorous Plant Resource. https://www.carnivorousplantresourcs.com Nepenthes Phylogeny, International Carnivorous Plant Society. https://www.carnivorousplants.org Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. The second episode of Nepenthes is all about species and where they are found. They do prefer areas similar to Rafflesia but they are more widespread.  Let's start from the beginning with the classification of Nepenthes. We have talked about scientific classification before but as a quick refresher this classification method is used to help determine the number of species within a group of living things. It helps scientists and researchers  determine who is related to whom. It is constantly evolving as classification methods are continually changing. It began with visual similarities between living creatures, then behaviors were incorporated, and with the advent of DNA testing classification has jumped forward and some things have been turned on its ear. Classification for Nepenthes is a follows: Kingdom - Planta (Plants) Subkingdom - Tracheobionta (Vascular Plants) Superdivision - Spematophyta (Seed Plants) Division - Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Class - Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons) Subclass - Dilleniidae Order - Nepenthales Family - Nepenthaceae Genus - Nepenthes Species names will follow genus. So how many species of Nepenthes are there? To tell you the truth, I'm not totally sure. My research for this episode lead me to sources that said 30 to 35, 140, and as many as 170. The International Carnivore Plant Society says Nepenthes species numbers are in excess of 100. I think we'll go with that number because it gives a bit of wiggle room. I'm inclined to believe this site because they get crazy scientific when discussing the origins of modern day Nepenthes. One of the most interesting things I could decipher from this blog is that the modern day Nepenthes genus has no close relatives. So when digging into the evolutionary history of this genus, there are no transitional species that can lead us back to an ancestral beginning. Maybe these wicked cool pitcher plants are so perfect they've never evolved from their original template.  Let's take a closer look at a few Nepenthes species. One of the largest species of Nepenthes is Nepenthes rajah that grows pitchers large enough to hold 3.5 liters or 1 US gallon of liquid. That's a pretty big pitcher plant. Nepenthes rajah traps are large enough to drown rats. They are known as the “king of the pitcher plants”. As an aside Nepenthes rajah is also the largest carnivorous plant in the world.  Nepenthes argentii is considered to be the smallest species of pitcher plants with a pitcher opening of 2-4 millimeters and a pitcher size of 30 cm. That's a pretty tiny pitcher plant.  The rarest species of known Nepenthes is Nepenthes clipeata. Only 15 individual plants were known to exist in the wild in 1997. It's found only on the granite cliff faces of Mount Kelam in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It may very well be extinct today.  Nepenthes mirabilis is the most widely distributed species of Nepenthes. It is found in Indochina throughout the Malay Archipelago, it is found in China and also Australia. This species varies greatly in color throughout its vast range. So where are these plants found in the wild? They are mainly found in the Old World Tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. There are two species found in Madagascar and one species found in the Seychelles. Nepenthes are also found in Australia and New Caledonia. India and Sri Lanka also host a few Nepenthes species. The greatest diversity of Nepenthes are found in Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines. What kind of habitats do Nepenthes favor? Like Rafflesia, many pitcher plants of this species are found in hot, humid lowland rainforests but some are found in other habitats. Many are tropical montane plants found on the side of mountains where they experience warm days and cool to cold, humid nights. Some are tropical alpine species that grow in areas that have cool days and near freezing nights.  The majority of species are restricted to small ranges within these different habitats. Some of them may only be found on one mountain and no where else, like Nepenthes clipeata.  Nepenthes species are often classified as lowland species or highland species based on the altitudes at which they grow. Those that grow below 1200 meters or 3900 feet above sea level are considered lowland and thrive with warmer climates that vary little temperature-wise from day to night. Highland species that grow above 1200 meters prefer warm days that bleed into much cooler nights. Nepenthes lamii grows at the highest altitude of any other Nepenthes species, 3520 meters or 11,500 feet above sea level. Most Nepenthes species tend to be found in environments with high humidity, a lot of precipitation, and moderate to high light levels. Some species have evolved to thrive in dense, shaded forests. Many species do well on the margins of tree and shrub communities or clearings. Some species such as Nepenthes mirabilis have been seen growing in clear-cut forest areas, roadsides, and disturbed fields. There are even species that have adapted to grow in savanna-like grass habitats. These amazing plants tend to grow in acidic soils that boast little nutrients and often contain peat, white sand, sandstone, or volcanic soils. Some species can grow in soils with high heavy metal content, such as Nepenthes rajah, some can grow on sandy beaches in the sea spray zone such as Nepenthes albomarginata. Soil isn't always necessary for pitcher plants to grow as some have evolved into lithophytes that can grow in or on rocks while others are epiphytes that grow on other plants, like trees. We've taken quite a ride in the second epidote of Nepenthes and my second favorite thing about them, is where they are found. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform you're listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another episode about Nepenthes.       (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Summary: Our next unbelievable unknown plant eats something quite unusual. Join Kiersten as she unravels the amazing life of Nepenthes.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Nepenthes, Britannica Online: https://www.britannica.com Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. In episode six of Unbelievable Unknown Plants were are introducing the first episode of or second plant. Like Rafflesia, we will be talking about several species of plants collectively called Nepenthes. The first thing I like about Nepenthes is the amazing plant itself. Let's talk about the family in general before we pinpoint a few very interesting species that we will highlight in following episodes. If you have gone into the garden department of a home improvement store or a Wal-Mart at anytime in your life you may be familiar with Nepenthes. It is also known as monkey cup and tropical pitcher plant. Sound familiar? Unlike Rafflesia, humans have figured out how to cultivate some species of Nepenthes and with the correct set up, it can be pretty easy. So they have been mass produced for sale. I have to admit I have had a few in my lifetime. We will go more in-depth with this topic in a future episode. I suspect this will be a rabbit hole of addictive behavior. As I did my research on this plan t I came across several websites dedicated to the sale and care of Nepenthes. Some of these plants sell for over $1000 US dollars. Who-boy! I cant's wait for that episode! There are 140 known species of Nepenthes and, in the wild, they are mainly found in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and Australia. What is it that makes these pitcher plants so unbelievable? They eat meat! Yes, that's right, these are carnivorous plants. Every species of Nepenthes that we currently know of is classified as a carnivorous plant that captures insects or other prey by luring the targeted prey to them through scent. The shape of the pitcher makes it difficult if not impossible for the prey to escape once it has ventured inside where the sweet scent they want has led them. I've always found it interesting that a plant eats meat. I mean everything has to survive and Nature is amazing, but it does seem a bit oxymoronic that a plant eats meat. On the other hand maybe it's karmic. Insects and mammals eat plants so why not evolve a plant that eats insects and mammals. Some have taken it a step farther int their pursuit of nutrient and have evolved to utilize a very special diet. They are still dependent on mammals for this nutrient but they aren't eating the animal itself. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but I will say they give the term “potty mouth” a whole new twist. Pitcher plants are perennial, which means the same plant regrows every year. Many grow in very acidic soil and some are epiphytes. An epiphyte is a plan  t that grows on another plant for support purposes only. Epiphytes have no attachment to the ground or obvious nutrient source. They are not parasitic to the host plant causing no harm to the structure upon which they are growing. It's no wonder that Nepenthes has evolved to utilize an alternative source of nutrients if they grow in an acidic soil, which typically offers little in the way of usable nutrients, or no soil at all.  Nepenthes vary in size. Some are the perfect fit to attract a tiny fruit fly while others are so large they can attract and digest rats. You heard that correctly, I said rats. That is one big pitcher plant! Like Rafflesia, some species of Nepenthes are engendered in their native habitats, but unlike Rafflesia more than one of these species is listed as endangered by the IUCN which makes conservation of these species so much easier. We will take more about this is future episodes. The first episode of Nepenthes is a bit shorter than my usual episodes but don't worry the next four will be packed full of amazing facts about Nepenthes. Think of this one as an introduction to this amazing plant, a bit of a teaser, if you will. Thanks for listening to the sixth episode of Unbelievable Unknown Plants and I'm glad you joined me because my first favorite thing about Nepenthes is Nepenthes.   If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another episode about Nepenthes.       (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Make sure you celebrate International Plant Appreciation Day tomorrow! Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: Carnivorous plants: Phylogeny and structural evolution by Victor A. Albert, Stephen E. Williams, & Mark W. Chase (1992) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1523408 Fluid physico-chemical properties influence capture and diet in Nepenthes pitcher plants by Vincent Bazile, et al. (2015) https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu266 https://www.britannica.com/plant/pitcher-plant https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2023/11/how-carnivorous-Asian-pitcher-plants-acquired-signature-insect-traps.html How a sticky fluid facilitates prey retention in a carnivorous pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) by Victor Kang, et al. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.04.002 Bait, not reward: CO2-enriched Nepenthes pitchers secrete toxic nectar by Chandni Chandran Lathika, et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.25.568661 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/carnivorous-pitcher-plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/fall-2020/articles/tropical-pitcher-plants-are-beautiful-but-deadly

This week I am joined by Drew Martinez. Drew is the owner of Carnivero. - a nursery that specializes in carnivorous plants. In this episode, we discuss Drew's tenure in the dart frog and plant hobbies, his fascination with carnivorous plants and how to successfully care for everything from Nepenthes pitcher plants, to Venus Fly traps and Platycerium! Drew also shares a few stories and observations from his trips to borneo, including one where a species of rainbow toad was rediscovered!To learn more, visit: https://www.carnivero.comSome of the research discussed: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jzs.12465https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228439802 This episode is sponsored by Gray Ghost Creationshttps://www.etsy.com/shop/GrayGhostCreationsExo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian needs visit: Exo-terra.com and visit your local dealerTo Support the Podcast, for merch, and vivarium discounts please visit: https://linktr.ee/AmphibiCast

What's happening mates. I'm Thomas Griffin and this is series 3 of My Own Garms. On this week's ep I'm having a chinwag with Matt Field. His Instagram handle @Matterialist announces his fascination with material goods, and his carefully considered and composed fit-pics make him your favourite taste maker's favourite tastemaker. Matt's from West Yorks near where I'm living at the moment. I've run into him at a few clothesy do's at Owl Store in Harrogate and I've always buzzed off chatting to him about nice gear. I'm buzzing to tap into his big fashion brain and find out which clothe and brands get his juices flowing. If you're already subscribed to us on your podcast provider, then one way you can support the channel is going over to YouTube and clicking subscribe over there. Drop us a comment on your fave episode and then send it to your best mate on WhatsApp. Word of mouth is gonna be the new social media in 2024. You heard it here first. Big thanks to Native Places at Ducie Street Warehouse in Manchester for sorting us out with the lovely recording rooms. Couldn't have done it without ya. Let's get into it. This is My Own Garms with Matterialist… If you love this ep then drop us a comment on YouTube, a review on Apple Podcasts, or a comment on Spotify Get at us on the socials and let us know what you thought, we're @myowngarms everywhere If you wanna support us with a little donation head to Patreon.com/myowngarms If you want to advertise with us, slide into the DMs. We'll have a chat. My Own Garms is a video podcast. You can watch on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠. There's gonna be loads of clips on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Insta⁠⁠ (@myowngarms). But if you just want the audio, then you can find us wherever you usually listen to your podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myowngarms/message

Месоядно растение, което евалюира в “тоалетна”, за да оцелее е една от темите, която засягат Никола и Петко в епизода. Месоядните растения Nepenthes са преминали от улавяне и смилане на насекоми към абсорбиране на животински изпражнения за дневната си доза хранителни вещества. Независимо, че новият хранителен режим не звучи никак апетитно се оказало, че с него растенията си набавят по-голямо количество азот в сравнение с месния. От тропическите върхове и странните растения, които ги обитават Никола и Петко се изстрелват в Космоса с третия и най-амбициозен тестов полет на Starship на SpaceX, който успя да достигне Космоса, но не успя да извърши планираното кацане. В епизода обсъждат още: - Ларвите на мравки изхранват другите мравки - Растение става хищно само от време на време - Прилеп с претенции за титлата за най-акробатичния любовник в животинското царство. === Благодарим за подкрепата на нашите партньори от StorPool Storage. Те правят собствено решение за block storage – софтуерен продукт за дистрибутирано съхранение на данни в облачни среди. Решението се използва от десетки компании в цял свят, които обслужват милиони потребители на глобално ниво. StorPool разширяват екипа си. Можете да научите повече за отворените позиции в компанията на storpool.com/force. Допълнителни бележки към епизода: ratio.bg/podcast/514 Гледайте и на видео: https://youtu.be/fCkK7i0XlMo Ако това, което правим, ви харесва, вижте как можете да подкрепите Ratio тук: ratio.bg/support/

Malaysia's diverse climate and geography form ideal habitats for Nepenthes, which are better known here as ‘periuk kera'. These animal-eating pitcher plants which lures unsuspecting prey with its sweet nectar, has evolved to thrive in nutrient-poor soils, and is a sought after plant by collectors. This and other human activities, ranging from habitat destruction to poaching to fuel illicit trade of pitcher plants, drives the Nepenthes to the brink of endangerment. One of the ways conservationists are responding to these threats is by making pitcher plants so common that their allure in the wild diminishes, borrowing from the late Australian botanist Allen Lowrie's strategy to “make them as common as muck”. The focus of two new articles by online journalism portal Macaranga, we speak to contributing writers Ashley Yeong and Bryan Yong, and Editor, Wong Siew Lyn, to discover more about Nepenthes, and to discuss how Malaysia is trying to protect our own pitcher plants from extinction. Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EP140: THE END!? by DSSOL Is the podcast really over??? Listen to find out! Or listen to learn about Nepenthes attenboroughii (A carnivorous plant) or information about David's new bike!

Pflanze „frisst“ Sonne, Tier frisst Pflanze, Tier frisst Tier. So kennen wir das, so soll das sein. Dass die Biologie so ist, wie sie ist und sich nicht an solche Regeln hält irritierte schon Carl von Linné, seines Zeichens Biologie-Superstar, vor über 250 Jahren. Erst 100 Jahre später wagte sich Charles Darwin — ebenfalls Biologie-Superstar — wissenschaftlich fundiert zu postulieren: „Pflanze frisst Tier“ ist sehr wohl möglich. Mittlerweile zweifelt keiner mehr daran, dass es Pflanzen gibt, die sich von Tieren ernähren. Aber warum ist das so? Was bringt einen Organismus, der seine Energie aus der Fotosynthese gewinnt dazu, aufwendige Fangmethoden zu entwickeln, um Tiere zu erbeuten? Wir tauchen in dieser Folge tief in die Grundlagen des Stoffwechsels ein und beleuchten die Biologie der faszinierenden fleischfressenden Pflanzen, die viele von uns sicherlich schon im Kinderzimmer stehen hatten. Warum hinter diesen Organismen mehr steckt als ein nettes Geschenk für Kinder, welche grandiosen Fangmethoden sie entwickelt haben und inwiefern von ihnen Gefahr für uns ausgeht: Darum gehts in Folge bp42. QuellenSpencer, Edmund (26–28 April 1874). "Crinoida Dajeeana, The Man-eating Tree of Madagascar" (PDF). New York World.Rost, K., & Schauer, R. (1977). Physical and chemical properties of the mucin secreted by Drosera capensis. Phytochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)88783-XCatapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant (Videos der Katapult-Tentakel): https://naturedocumentaries.org/5072/catapulting-tentacles-carnivorous-plant-hartmeyer-2012/Suda, H. et al. (2020). Calcium dynamics during trap closure visualized in transgenic Venus flytrap. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00773-1Forterre, Y. et al. (2005). How the Venus flytrap snaps. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03185Chase, M. W.  et al. (2009). Murderous plants: Victorian Gothic, Darwin and modern insights into vegetable carnivory. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01014.xCross, A. T. et al. (2022). Capture of mammal excreta by Nepenthes is an effective heterotrophic nutrition strategy. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac134BildquellenCoverbild: NoahElhardt, Drosera capensis bend, CC BY-SA 3.0Sonnentau: Denis Barthel, DroseraPeltataLamina, CC BY-SA 3.0Kannenpflanze: Alex Lomas, Nepenthes maxima × sanguinea (2943627683), CC BY 2.0Saugfallen: Liliane ROUBAUDI, Utricularia australis traps (03), CC BY-SA 2.0 FRVenusfliegenfalle: Tippitiwichet, Venus Flytrap 020, CC BY 2.0Support the show--------------Wer uns unterstützen möchte (Danke!), hat hier die Möglichkeit dazu: support.biophonpodcast.de

But oh those summer nights. This week, Jimmy and Larry are getting together for some gracious and sincere thank yous, Los Angeles' boy genius, a bi-yearly Nepenthes sample sale review, debating once and for all whether or not The Talented Mr. Ripley is really The Talented Mr. Dripley, is TikTok actually ruining our favorite bars and restaurants, taking a long hard look at the iconic Fanelli Cafe, how much could a BLT actually cost, all the drama surrounding the Horses accusations gossip and, more importantly, what it teaches us about media Twitter, eulogizing the best days spent on the timeline, then James and Lawrence finally get into a litany of personal takes in an exhaustive spring summer jawnz state of the union and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

Ever wonder what it takes to grow and care for carnivorous plants? It's probably less daunting than you think! In this episode, we're talking with Jacob Soule all about the many different types of carnivorous plants as well as successfully jumping into carnivorous plant care.   To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page. Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources to help you achieve your health and farming goals. Go to the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for webinar and courses on everything from gardening to livestock management. 

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins interviews Pungky Pratama, Founder and Executive Director of the Sumatra Nature & Biodiversity Conservation Foundation in Sumatra, Indonesia.  Pungky tells why his island's flora and fauna is rapidly being lost to theft and development. Sumatra is well known as a biodiversity hotspot, home to some of the world's rarest animals and plant species like the Raffesia arnoldii. More than 350 species of Sumatra's Orchids, Nepenthes, Hoya, Aroids, Begonias, and many more of their native plants can be grown in Florida's climate. This is the only place where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans live together. But these magnificent creatures are disappearing as their forest homes are rapidly being cut down to make way for plantations or illegal logging. Rampant poaching also poses a grave threat to the survival of the island's endangered species.  In 2017, Pungky Pratama and a colleague created an environmental education program together called “The Jungle Library Project” as a part of the Sumatra Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Foundation. This project focuses on raising awareness to a younger generation attending schools located in areas of high deforestation and human-wildlife conflict at the border of Isau-Isau Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra. This vitally important program needs your financial support to continue their education efforts. Please consider a one-time donation of $1, $5, $10, or whatever you can provide. Follow Pungky on Facebook to see his incredible  photographs of Sumatra flora and fauna posted daily.   The Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival will be Saturday, March 25th in Deland 9am – 3pm. Teresa answers garden questions and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Pungky Pratama, Teresa Watkins  Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call inh with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #WDBO #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #rainforests #poaching #environment #Sumatra #Indonesia #GoFundMe 

Inside the flourishing world of online plant fanclubs lies a deep, dark obsession: people who dedicate their entire lives to caring for Nepenthes, or carnivorous pitcher plants. On this week's episode, Brian Howey, a former “Nephead” tells us about the carnivorous plant subculture that nearly ate him (and many others) alive. You can read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/nightmare-houseplant-obsession-nepenthes/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1597 On this day, The Herbal, by the English herbalist John Gerard, was first published. Today the book is considered a plagiarization of Rembert Dodoens's herbal published over forty years earlier. In his book, John shared over 800 species of plants and gorgeous woodcut illustrations. His descriptions were simple and informative. For instance, in his description of Self-heal or Brownwort (Prunella Vulgaris), he wrote, There is not a better wound herb to be found.   In other instances, his descriptions gave us a glimpse into life in the 17th century. Regarding Borage blossoms, which he called Boragewort, he wrote, Those of our time use the flowers in salads to exhilerate and make the mind glad.   During his life, John was allowed to garden on land at Somerset House, and for a time, he served as the herbalist to King James. In 1578, John was the first person to record and describe the Snakeshead fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris "mel-ee-aye-gris") thought to be native to parts of Britain but not Scotland.  Today John is remembered in the botanical genus Gerardia. Today, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust sells Christmas cards featuring John Gerard's woodcuts of Holly, Pears, and Mistletoe. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust cares for Shakespeare's family homes and shares the love of Shakespeare from his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. Anyway, if you'd like to support a great organization and enjoy the John Gerard Christmas cards and gift wrap, head on over to https://shop.shakespeare.org.uk/.   1826 Birth of Sereno Watson, American botanist & curator of the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University in Boston. He's remembered for succeeding Asa Gray at the herbarium and continuing much of his work from 1873 until his death. A great master of botany in the American west, he also wrote Botany of California. Modern botany students easily identify Sereno for his extremely impressive beard. Sereno was admired and respected by his peers for his great attention to detail. For instance, in 1871, Sereno named a new plant genus Hesperochiron for two little wildflowers only found in the western part of the United States. Hespero means west, and Chiron is a nod to the Centaur and the first herbalist who taught humanity about the healing powers of plants. When Sereno named this genus, he rejected the classification of these plants as members of the snapdragon family. But, after dissecting them, Sereno was convinced they belonged with the gentians. This type of due diligence and careful study made Sereno Watson a great botanist. Today, Sereno is remembered with a very cool plant: the saw palmetto or the Serenoa repens palm. This small palm which only grows to 8-10 feet tall, is the only species in the genus Serenoa.   1833 Birth of Ellsworth Jerome Hill, Presbyterian minister, writer, and American botanist. When Ellsworth was only 20 years old, one of his knees stopped working. A doctor attempted to help him figure out a way to make a living and suggested he study botany. Ellsworth pursued the suggestion and crawled from his house to the orchard, where he would pick a few flowers and then crawl back to the house to identify them. The following year, Ellsworth was using canes to walk, and he moved to Mississippi, where the climate was warmer. After Ellsworth met and married a young woman named Milancy Leach, she became his daily helpmate. When Ellsworth felt especially lame or lacked strength, Milancy would step in and finish the work for him. When Ellsworth was 40, he somehow put his lameness behind him. In the back half of his life, he seemed to be better able to manage his physical challenges and cope with the symptoms. In a touching tribute to Ellsworth after his death, the great botanist and grass expert Agnes Chase wrote: Most of these collections were made while Ellsworth walked on crutches or with two canes. Ellsworth told me that he carried his vasculum over his shoulder and a camp stool with his crutch or cane in one hand. To secure a plant, he would drop the camp stool, which opened of itself, then he would lower himself to the stool and dig the plant.  Ellsworth recovered from his lameness but often suffered acute pain from cold or wetness or overexertion. But this did not deter him from making botanical trips that would have taxed a more robust man. In the Dunes, I have seen him tire out more than one able-bodied man.   Ellsworth recognized the value in revisiting places that had been previously botanized. It was Ellsworth Jerome Hill who said, In studying the flora of a restricted region, no matter how carefully it seems to have been explored, one is frequently surprised by new things... No region can be regarded as thoroughly explored until every acre of its wild areas at least has been examined. Some plants are SO rare or local or grow under such peculiar conditions that a few square rods or even feet may comprise their range.   1945 Birth of Bette Midler, American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. She was born in Honolulu. In 1979, Bette starred in her first movie called The Rose. She didn't win an academy award for her Rose performance; that award went to Sally Field for Norma Rae. But forty years later, in 2019, Bette was honored by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) with a rose named in honor of her stage persona: The Divine Miss M. On June 19th, 2019, the NYBG introduced Bette's white-yellow rose with a fragrance of mint and lime at the New York Restoration Project Spring Picnic at the Botanical Garden in New York City. After receiving the honor, Bette commented, I didn't win the Oscar for The Rose. Of course, I never think about it. But I do want to say right now, and there's no Norma Rae rose.   In 1995, Bette started the New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit that renovates and restores neglected NYC parks to ensure green space for all New Yorkers. By the end of the event, Bette led the crowd in a rose song sing-a-long: Lyn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Bette's "The Rose," and "Everything's Coming Up Roses."   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Punk Ikebana by Louesa Roebuck This book came out in 2022, and the subtitle is Reimagining the Art of Floral Design. The great American naturalist, writer, and illustrator, Obi Kaufmann wrote the forward and he clearly is a huge fan of this book. He wrote, I will gush. When asked by Louesa to write the foreword to this dangerous and monumentally beautiful book, I howled a perfectly contradictory mix of terror and delight. I've been bewitched by the magic that is Louesa and her art for years. I identified her long ago as the very best kind of revolutionary, and I signed up. As an intrepid peace punk, Louesa presents a world to her audience that heals as it wounds. In her writing, in her ikebana, and through her punk ethos, she reverses the polarity of so many expectations, and the effect is effortless, aesthetic alchemy in which the silent is transformed into the loud, the ugly is made to be beautiful, and the empty is found to be surprisingly full.   Ikebana is simply the art of Japanese flower arrangement. Louesa's take on Ikebana is unique and extraordinary - and people have described her work as punk for over a decade. Louesa wrote in the introduction, When I'm asked what punk ikebana means to me, my gut response is I'm not completely sure yet. I do recall friends and colleagues casually referring to my work as "punk ikebana" as far back as 2008. They perhaps saw something new and iconoclastic in my work before I did.   Now you may be wondering, "What is punk ikebana?"  Louesa shares her musings on some key precepts like silence, minimalism, harmonious forms and lines, names, humanity, and composing in situ. She writes, Silence: In ikebana, this particularly refers to a quiet appreciation of nature, free of noise or idle talk. Minimalism: Here's where my punk aesthetic comes in. I'm a bit of a rebel and a maximalist more often than not. I do strive for harmony and balance in my compositions always, but I also love the glam, the sexy, the louche, even.  Harmonious form and line: When you gather and glean seasonal and local flora and compose naturally, you will find that harmony comes effortlessly. The longer, deeper, more studied, or more expansive your search becomes, the more treasures you find just outside your doors. Mother Earth contains all of the multitudes where they need to be; there's no need to fly flora in from anywhere else. Names: One traditional precept of ikebana is to know the names of the flora you use, as naming is a form of respect. For me, this is complicated. I absolutely acknowledge the power of naming something, the inherent respect of saying, "T see you; I know your name and some of who you are." However, naming is also charged and complex.  I often speak of flora in inconsistent terms, because that's how I've come to know them. Sometimes the common name rolls more easily off the tongue. This is art and, in the way of art, often an inexact science. Sometimes it's as simple as, say, preferring the word Nepenthes to describe any one of this genus of over 170 species. Which one should you use in your arrangement? With most choices I lean toward a less literal interpretation. I could prescribe you use only Nepenthes rafflesiana, the Malaysian pitcher plant, but why? Instead, I offer you thoughts on my flora friends under the names by which I have come to love them and encourage you to call them what makes sense to you, always with respect. Composed in situ: When we bring our newfound or long-loved flora friends into our homes or otherwise carry these gifts inside, the dialogue with place continues. It evolves each time I arrange scented geraniums with the recently discovered wild peonies on our land; or datura and passionflower with an outlier of, say, cactus flower. Each time I compose, I am in dialogue with the room (or any other space): the color story; the textiles; the vessel; the totems; books; art; furniture, even. The arrangement does not exist in a vacuum; it lives, breathes, and communicates with the space as a whole. This is in keeping with the idea of animism: each object, stone, feather, and vessel has a life force. Energy is porous, interconnected, animated, and never static. When we begin to see, feel, and live this way, time and space expand.   Louesa sees her beautiful work and this incredible book as a source of inspiration for you in your work with arranging flowers. She does not want her readers to approach her work rigidly. She writes, Punk rejects human hierarchies, so reject the mantle of "expert" or "sensei." Adhering to "the heart of the novice" as a guiding principle requires it. We are all learning, and learning is most fruitful when we do it together. I would add that in our increasingly beleaguered world, my learning doesn't solely come from other humans but from our nonhuman relatives and ancestors. Every time I engage in this medium of floral arranging or let us say, punk ikebana I hope to learn, not to teach or instruct. Teaching is only a byproduct of learning; they are one and the same, are they not? This book is 256 pages of the way of flowers and the rules you need to master in order to bend them and make your own punk ikebana wonders and enjoy them in your home. You can get a copy of Punk Ikebana by Louesa Roebuck and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $40.   Botanic Spark 1955 On this day, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, after a bus driver ordered her to give up her bus seat to another passenger and she refused.  That Thursday had started pretty uneventfully for Rosa. She was a seamstress for a department store, and in her bag was a yellow floral Sunday dress that she was sewing for her mom. Rosa had learned to sew from the women in her family. Both her mother and grandmother sewed. Her grandmother made quilts. Rosa had attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. She subsidized her income as a tailor's assistant and seamstress, with sewing work for private clients, friends, and family members. Rosa's yellow dress was a wrap dress with a small shawl collar and a v-neck made of fabric featuring brown and yellow flowers and leaves. The flared skirt had six gores, three pleats, and full-length sleeves. The dress also had a fabric belt.  Today that floral dress is on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

It's getting steamy. This week, Jimmy and Larry are back at 100% for a little bit of housekeeping around our Basic.Space online drop, lucid dreaming on mushrooms and seeing the end of humanity, America's next top male model, holes in our closet we need to fill immediately and poor form across the board at the best sample sale known to man before diving straight into what just surprisingly became our new favorite game to play on pod—Start/Bench/Cut—featuring a variety of entertaining topics including, but not limited to: Scandinavian brands, the worst accounts on IG, sneakers, James' most used items, Lawrence's loved ones, the suite of Nepenthes sub-labels, cultural appropriation, sneakers and footwear, streetwear, personal style, the TF universe and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

Kenzo Minami is a graphic artist living and working in New York City. His clients include Ace Hotel, Reebok, Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Raf Simons, Wu-Tang Clan, Nepenthes, among many others. One of his works has been inducted into the MoMA Architecture and Design permanent collection. https://kenzominami.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kenzominami/  

 Over the next couple of episodes we are going to be dipping into a different group of life than we usually do, the plants. Mike has been getting back into carnivorous plant rearing and wants to share all he knows about the world of plants that eat bugs. How the tables can turn!    Darwin's drawings of the leaves and tentacles of a sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), Figures 1, 4, and 5 from "Insectivorous Plants" (1897), in the public domain.  Aphids and other small insects caught in the sticky trichomes of Nicotiana insecticida, a newly described species of tobacco from Australia. Photograph by Maarten Christenhusz, Figure 1 in Chase & Lambkin (2021).   Phylogeny angiosperm plants with carnivorous taxa indicated by numbered circles. Illustration by Andreas Fleischmann, in Fleischmann et al. (2017) "Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms" in Ellison & Adamec (eds) "Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology, and evolution".A wetland in Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania that is home to temperate sundews. Photography by Nicholas_T via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.  Tropical swamp in New Caledonia, habitat for Drosera neocaledonica. Photograph by  Boaz Ng via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.Utricularia jamesoniana growing as an epiphyte on a tree. Photography by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev via Flickr, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 licenseUtricularia corunta growing as a dense matt in an aquatic habitat. Photograph by peupleloup via Flickr, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.Catopsis berteroniana in the Florida Everglades growing as an epiphyte in the upper branches of mangrove trees. Photograph by  Scott Zona via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license.Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) in culture. Photograph by Lucas Arrrrgh via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.Wild Nepenthes mirabilis growing in Hong Kong. Photograph by  Boaz Ng via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.Nepenthes albomarginata growing from on a cliff side above a beach. This species has white trichomes around the rim of the pitcher that are attractive to foraging termites. Photograph by Bernard DUPONT via Flickr, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.Nepenthes ampularia are a species that have adapted away from carnivory and instead capture leaves that fall from the canopy. Photograph by CIFOR via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.A spoon-leaved sundew, Drosera spatulata. This species has a circumboreal distribution with an isolated population also found in the highlands of Borneo. Photograph by  Boaz Ng via Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.Forked-leaf sundews (Drosera binata) in the wild. Photograph by Doug Beckers via Flickr, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Oblong-leaved sundews (Drosera intermedia), showing the semi-aquatic habitat of this species. Photograph by Ashley Basil via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Vining sundew showing the round sticky traps along the vine and flowers. Photograph by Jean and Fred Hort via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Wild Venus fly trap in a natural environment. Photograph by NC Wetlands via Flickr, in the public domain.Venus fly traps being sold commercially. Photograph by Mike Mozart via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.A waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa), which have snap traps and are closely related to Venus fly traps. This species is at risk in their native range but have been introduced into North America, where they may be invasive. This specimen was photographed at Fort AP Hill in New York, USA. Photograph by the U.S. Government, in the public domain.Individual Aldrovanda nodes showing the whorl of leaves and snap traps. Photograph by David Short via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.A young dewy pine (Drosophyllum lusitanicum) grown in culture. While this sticky-leaved plant may look like a sundew, they are only distantly related to one another. Photograph by incidencematrix via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Abundant prey captured by a dewy pine. Photograph by incidencematrix via Flickr, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.Young Triphyophylum plants showing the characteristic wavy primary leaves. Photograph by  Carel Jongkind via iNaturalist, used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.Secondary carnivorous leaves of Triphyophylum. Photograph by Lotus-Salvinia.de via Flickr.Tertiary leaves of Triphyophylum, note the the apical hooks. Photograph by  Carel Jongkind via iNaturalist, used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!  This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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It's truth time. Since we *so bravely* shared our plant goals earlier this year, have we made any progress? Stephen started using windows, and he finally has some results to report. And Matthew is doing a certain thing a lot more consistently. But do we still have those Mandarin Plants? Let's just say you can tell we're getting close to the end of our season! Also, what's 2+3? Asking for a friend.And a special thank you to our new Patrons for the month of June! Head over to Patreon to become an Official Patron to listen ad-free, and get access to our exclusive After Shows!https://www.patreon.com/plantdaddypodcastNeed a plant sitter? We've teamed up with Watering Can App! https://www.wateringcanapp.com

On today's episode I'm joined by Ariel Hansen, filmmaker, actor and co-founder of Bad Cookie Pictures. Ariel is one of the many guests who has left me floored with her creativity - from her directing and acting talents to her clothes and costume-making skills. Her short film Nepenthes is a gooey, gory delight and just one of her many fantastic works. With her FFO of supernatural, occult and experiment, I decided to take a risk and choose a film neither of us had seen before. It doesn't fully match the FFO but we had a wonderful time talking about it and I'd certainly list this as one of my favourite modern moody horrors. Join Ariel and I as we drift off to a surreal and shadowy slumber with 2021's COME TRUE. Check out Ariel on Instagram and Twitter: @HansensHorror Check out Ariel's shorts and skills on the Bad Cookie YouTube Channel: youtube.com/c/BadCookiePictures HBF Cover art: @tbombadil Music: @birdengine

Hello, this is wild suzhou.Today, we will be talking about the pitcher plants, another type of unique and clever carnivorous plant. Pitcher plants are, of course, named for their shape, which is that of a pitcher, or a jug that you might put a drink in. They are found in areas with poor soil, such as swamps or sandy areas. This is because they don't need good soil to grow since they get enough nutrients from catching insects to eat. There are three groups of pitcher plants: Sarracenia, Nepenthes, and Cephalotus.Pitcher plants eat mainly insects, and they are able to attract them using nectar. If an insect gets close enough and lands on the area where the nectar is, they will fall into the bottom of the pitcher, because the top part of the plant is very slippery. Prey cannot get out of the pitcher since downward facing hairs make sure they can't climb out, and prey eventually drowns. At the bottom of the pitcher are digestive enzymes and bacteria, which will digest the prey.Sarracenia is the group of pitcher plants found in the New World. The New World refers to the Western Hemisphere, mainly the Americas. They can be found in bogs, swamps, meadows, and savannas. In these areas, the water is soggy and does not contain much nutrients. Most of the plants in Sarracenia look like trumpets, and are fairly long and thin. The pitchers also shoot out of the ground, and are able to support themselves. Nepenthes are the group of tropical pitcher plants found in the Old World. This means places like Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Plants in this group are usually found in acidic soil but can also grow in trees. Some species like Attenborough's pitcher plant are large enough to catch small animals, like mice and rats. These pitcher plants are shaped more like pitchers, and are fatter, like a very round and wide pot. Unlike Sarracenia, they droop from the plant that they are attached to. Cephalotus is the final group of pitcher plants, and only has one species, the Western Australia pitcher plant, which is found only in southwestern Australia. It lives in sandy and swampy soil, which is once again very low in nutrition. The pitchers are red, white, and green, and are very short and hairy.For Wild Suzhou, I'm Ciana, thanks for listening and see you next time.

Episode 19 is brought to you by Moxie™ (not really, but I'm open). Today we have Greg Nelson @thebogboy  from San Diego, California on the podcast to share his knowledge about growing some bog species (both carnivorous and not) on your own property. Greg shares about the beginning steps on container choice, where to get ethically grown plants and how to propagate your own, aspect, watering and long term care, as well as some points for Northeastern growers. Some of the species discussed are Dionaea  (Venus Fly Trap), Darlingtonia (Cobralily), Nepenthes, Sarracenia  (PitcherPlant),  Drosera  (Sundews),  Pinquicula  (Butterwort), Utricularia (bladderwort), Sabatia and Xyris  (Yellow-eyed grass) as well as some orchid species. Remember a lot of these plants are endangered or threatened in their native range. If you're interested in native species consider donating to a local plant conservation group or joining  a local botanical society. If you do purchase plants of ANY species make sure they're coming from a reputable and ethical source (either by seed or cloning from seed grown root stock). NEVER PURCHASE POACHED PLANTS - ITS A DICK MOVE Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=65399395)

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Every Plant Has A Story | The Podcast is where we collect and share and discover the stories, lessons and passion behind the people who are always growing more. This episode was hosted by Brett Weiss and co-hosted by Courtney Bennett, Greenhouse Manager @ Gabriella Plants.  This episode was edited and produced by Shane Maloy (even tho it was his birthday). You can find more information about the podcast at our website; EveryPlantStory.com We'd love to hear from you!  To submit an idea to the show, or to get in touch with Shane or the podcast team, email feedback@everyplantstory.com! :) Learn more about our family business and order your next house plant online at GabriellaPlants.com

International Podcaster's Anthem. This week, Jimmy and Larry are reunited with their producer and chef Shyam to reintroduce him to the Throw Gang, discuss whether or not you and your boy made a purchase together or if one was influenced by the other, a Nepenthes friends and family sale scene report, how you spend the majority of your time being wifed up vs. being single, work trips, whether or not we are now officially a pro golf pod, Adrien Brody's layering on Succession, our new favorite reality show Winter House, The French Dispatch, what we're listening to, heading to Atlanta to podcast with a legend on hallowed ground, stanning Outkast, the tragedy at Astroworld, who's to blame and where we go from here, going to Italy next week and much more. Heads up, this one is all over the fucking place. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This Chill and Chat is about houseplants that don't simply grow larger - they undergo dramatic metamorphoses. Monstera deliciosa is a familiar example, Nepenthes do this when they're thriving, and the Blue Star Fern even has some surprises up its rhizome. How long until splits and fenestration develop in Monsteras? Stephen presses Matthew for answers, but has he ever experienced upper Nepenthes pitchers on his own plants? Then the Plant Daddies answer a listener question about propagating cacti. Use code PLANTDADDYSUMMER for 25% at southsideplants.com

Pas tout à fait artiste, pas tout à fait scientifique. Marianne North est une personnalité hors du commun. À 40 ans, elle abandonne sa vie confortable pour voyager à travers le monde, à la découverte des fleurs et les plantes exotiques les plus incroyables sur Terre.

Enzo Defer est un passionné de plantes carnivores. À 23 ans, cet entrepreneur a fait de sa passion son métier. C'est le fondateur du site de e-commerce les Dents de la Terre, spécialisé en plantes carnivores. Dans cet épisode, nous passons en revue les espèces notoires. Les superstars, les dionées, "venus flytrap" en anglais, avec leur piège en forme de mâchoire de piège à loups, les non moins célèbres népenthès et saracenia, avec leur urne remplie d'enzymes digestives, sorte d'estomac aux rebords glissants à ciel ouvert. Il y a aussi les drosera, et leurs tentacules mortels terminés par des gouttelettes de glu, qui emprisonnent l'insecte imprudent. 

Daniel and Frankie talk about something a little lighter in this episode: the weirdo plants of nature. Daniel talks about an article where $1.2 million dollars worth of rare, stolen cactuses were confiscated and returned to Chile (you can find the link on our website at propagatedpodcast.com). Then they talk about some strange plants in the plant kingdom including rafflesia, palicourea elata, dodder, faciation aka cresting, coxcomb, Cynomorium coccineum, monotropa uniflora, Welwitschia mirabilis, Dracula woolwardiae, protea, artichokes, Nepenthes hemsleyana, and seed pods. Check out our website or our instagram to see these weirdos!

“Suzanne” by J. Joseph-Renaud, first started to bloom in the April 1930 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as follows: “A grisly plant horror was spawned in the steaming vapors of Dr. Salzmann's nursery—a giant, man-eating Nepenthes.”

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing Ariel Hansen's Nepenthes (click the link to view the 5-minute-long short), in which Max (Ariel Slack) decides to meet an online dating match only to get herself into a painfully sticky situation.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteAlso, don't forget to support the boys on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You may have heard of the infamous Venus Flytrap. Well, did you know that there are over 1000 different species of carnivorous plants! However, what exactly is a carnivorous plant? The official definition is "any plant especially adapted for capturing and digesting insects and other animals by means of ingenious pitfalls and traps." Some other species in existence are sundews, butterworts, pitcher plants, roridula, aldrovanda, and many more! I highly recommend a Google search to check out some of these amazing plants! Today you are bound to learn loads more about them because our guest, Domonick Gravine, knows all about the subject. He is the founder and owner of RedLeaf Exotics: a specialized carnivorous plant nursery based out of Tennessee. Though, he specializes in growing a specific species known as Nepenthes or pitcher plants. His plants are huge and insanely beautiful. Together, we shed light on how to grow these magnificent plants. We also get into what goes into running a nursery and growing a business online. Domonick grows many different variations of Nepenthes, so we talk about some of the crosses he has and the difference between the highland and lowland plants. If you are interested in learning more about his nursery, RedLeaf Exotics, check out his website here. He sells a wide array of different plants! Also, be sure to check out their Instagram page as well as YouTube page!If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review? It takes hardly any time at all, and it really makes a difference in helping to spread the word.To keep updated, feel free to sign up for the newsletter at joshsbaker.com. I also post on Facebook (@sharedexps), Instagram (@sharedexps), and Tik Tok (@sharedexps)If you have questions that you'd like answered on the podcast, you can reach out via email at sharedexperiencespod@gmail.com.

Rachel shares a wild Mexican food story and we ordered some cool new Nepenthes.  Spoiler alter, contrary to some people's opinion on this podcast.....they don't really eat monkeys! :) Later Taters

Enzo Defer est un passionné de plantes carnivores. À 23 ans, cet entrepreneur a fait de sa passion son métier. C’est le fondateur du site de e-commerce les Dents de la Terre, spécialisé en plantes carnivores. Dans cet épisode, nous passons en revue les espèces notoires. Les superstars, les dionées, "venus flytrap" en anglais, avec leur piège en forme de mâchoire de piège a loups, les non moins célèbres népenthès et saracenia, avec leur urne remplie d’enzymes digestives, sorte d’estomac aux rebords glissants à ciel ouvert. Il y a aussi les drosera, et leurs tentacules mortels terminés par des gouttelettes de glu, qui emprisonnent l’insecte imprudent.

Now that Bill’s done droning on about animals, we can finally talk about PLANTS! and CARNIVOROUS plants at that. Steve reviews carnivorous plants in general and then breaks into examples of carnivorous plants that have evolved to eat poop: Roridula spp. in South Africa, Sarracenia purpurea in North America, & Nepenthes spp. in Southeast Asia. 00:00 - Intro02:00 - Carnivorous plant review14:20 - Roridula spp. & Pameridea spp.23:10 - Sarracenia purpurea & its inquilines26:00 - Gumleaf USA ad28:35 - Nepenthes lowii, N. macrophylla, N. raja & mountain tree shrews36:45 - Nepenthes hemsleyana & Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat40:10 - Nepenthes bicalcarata & diving/swimming ants45:05 - Concluding remarks46:20 - OutroImage credit:"Nepenthes raja, eine freischfressende Kannenpflanze. Gesehen im Botanischen Garten beim Gunung Kinabalu Headquater, Sabah, Borneo" by anschieberUseful Links:True Facts: Carnivorous PlantsGumleaf Boots, USA (free shipping and 10% off for patrons)Support us on Patreon!Work Cited:Byng, J.W., Smets, E.F., van Vugt, R., Bidault, E., Davidson, C., Kenicer, G., Chase, M.W. and Christenhusz, M.J., 2018. The phylogeny of angiosperms poster: a visual summary of APG IV family relationships and floral diversity. The Global Flora, 1, pp.1-35.Ellison, A.M. and Adamec, L. eds., 2018. Carnivorous Plants: physiology, ecology, and evolution. Oxford University Press, Ch. 1, 3, 13, 24, 26.Groover, A.T., 2005. What genes make a tree a tree?. Trends in plant science, 10(5), pp.210-214.McGhee, G.R., 2011. Convergent evolution: limited forms most beautiful. MIT Press.

As plantas carnívoras são fascinantes! e mesmo elas podem se associar a insetos para capturar OUTROS insetos! Este é o caso de de N. bicalcarata, uma planta que estabeleceu uma relação mutualística com formigas. Nós também contamos sobre outra espécie de planta carnívora, que oferece um pedaço de si como alimento para cupins; mas os cupins mal sabem que, na realidade, eles é que são a comida! Fotos de N. bicalcarata e N. albomarginata (e cupins): https://www.facebook.com/BugBites/posts/779905479472392 Referências: * Merbach, M. A., Merbach, D. J., Maschwitz, U., Booth, W. E., Fiala, B., & Zizka, G. (2002). Mass march of termites into the deadly trap. Nature, 415(6867), 36-37. * Bonhomme, V., Gounand, I., Alaux, C., Jousselin, E., Barthélémy, D., & Gaume, L. (2011). The plant-ant Camponotus schmitzi helps its carnivorous host-plant Nepenthes bicalcarata to catch its prey. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27(1), 15-24. Escute no seu celular via Spotify ou aplicativo de podcast: bit.ly/assineobb | Siga nas redes sociais: @BugBitesPodcast | Seja você também um apoiador do Bug Bites, seja nosso padrinho ou madrinha: bit.ly/apoiebb ou pelo Patreon: bit.ly/bbonpatreon | Anúncio, críticas e sugestões: prodbugbites@gmail.com | Produção: Phillip Shuster | Edição: Orelha, "O Estagiário" | Arte da capa: Phillip Schuster | Créditos: “A Produção” | O Bug Bites faz parte da Rede Agrocast, a primeira rede de podcasts do Agro do Brasil! Siga nas redes sociais: @redeagrocast | Este episódio tem o apoio dos Padrinhos e Madrinhas: Besouro: Richard Stouthamer e Cherre Bezerra | Cigarra: Thamara Zacca | Abelhas Operárias: Priscila Engel, Rodrigo Sampaio e Diego Aureliano de Sá; | Formiguinhas: Juliana Carvalho e Masashi Inoue; | A vocês que acreditam no nosso trabalho, nosso MUITO OBRIGADO! | Some of the audios were composed using Bee Hive by Drake Stafford (from freemusicarchive.org) under a Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1500025 , Artist: incompetech.com/), insect sounds from soundbible.com. Funk Volume 3 by Dirty Misunderstandings, Urban Comedy Volume 1 by Coming Back For My Parade, Neil Cross by Beneath The Radar(all from freeplaymusic.com/) and In the hall of the mountain King, all distributed either under a Creative Commons 3.0 license, or public domain. These artists have played no part in the development and creation of this episode.

As plantas carnívoras são fascinantes! e mesmo elas podem se associar a insetos para capturar OUTROS insetos! Este é o caso de de N. bicalcarata, uma planta que estabeleceu uma relação mutualística com formigas. Nós também contamos sobre outra espécie de planta carnívora, que oferece um pedaço de si como alimento para cupins; mas os cupins mal sabem que, na realidade, eles é que são a comida! Fotos de N. bicalcarata e N. albomarginata (e cupins): https://www.facebook.com/BugBites/posts/779905479472392 Referências: * Merbach, M. A., Merbach, D. J., Maschwitz, U., Booth, W. E., Fiala, B., & Zizka, G. (2002). Mass march of termites into the deadly trap. Nature, 415(6867), 36-37. * Bonhomme, V., Gounand, I., Alaux, C., Jousselin, E., Barthélémy, D., & Gaume, L. (2011). The plant-ant Camponotus schmitzi helps its carnivorous host-plant Nepenthes bicalcarata to catch its prey. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27(1), 15-24. Escute no seu celular via Spotify ou aplicativo de podcast: bit.ly/assineobb | Siga nas redes sociais: @BugBitesPodcast | Seja você também um apoiador do Bug Bites, seja nosso padrinho ou madrinha: bit.ly/apoiebb ou pelo Patreon: bit.ly/bbonpatreon | Anúncio, críticas e sugestões: prodbugbites@gmail.com | Produção: Phillip Shuster | Edição: Orelha, "O Estagiário" | Arte da capa: Phillip Schuster | Créditos: “A Produção” | O Bug Bites faz parte da Rede Agrocast, a primeira rede de podcasts do Agro do Brasil! Siga nas redes sociais: @redeagrocast | Este episódio tem o apoio dos Padrinhos e Madrinhas: Besouro: Richard Stouthamer e Cherre Bezerra | Cigarra: Thamara Zacca | Abelhas Operárias: Priscila Engel, Rodrigo Sampaio e Diego Aureliano de Sá; | Formiguinhas: Juliana Carvalho e Masashi Inoue; | A vocês que acreditam no nosso trabalho, nosso MUITO OBRIGADO! | Some of the audios were composed using Bee Hive by Drake Stafford (from freemusicarchive.org) under a Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1500025 , Artist: incompetech.com/), insect sounds from soundbible.com. Funk Volume 3 by Dirty Misunderstandings, Urban Comedy Volume 1 by Coming Back For My Parade, Neil Cross by Beneath The Radar(all from freeplaymusic.com/) and In the hall of the mountain King, all distributed either under a Creative Commons 3.0 license, or public domain. These artists have played no part in the development and creation of this episode.

As plantas carnívoras são fascinantes! e mesmo elas podem se associar a insetos para capturar OUTROS insetos! Este é o caso de de N. bicalcarata, uma planta que estabeleceu uma relação mutualística com formigas. Nós também contamos sobre outra espécie de planta carnívora, que oferece um pedaço de si como alimento para cupins; mas os cupins mal sabem que, na realidade, eles é que são a comida! Fotos de N. bicalcarata e N. albomarginata (e cupins): https://www.facebook.com/BugBites/posts/779905479472392 Referências: * Merbach, M. A., Merbach, D. J., Maschwitz, U., Booth, W. E., Fiala, B., & Zizka, G. (2002). Mass march of termites into the deadly trap. Nature, 415(6867), 36-37. * Bonhomme, V., Gounand, I., Alaux, C., Jousselin, E., Barthélémy, D., & Gaume, L. (2011). The plant-ant Camponotus schmitzi helps its carnivorous host-plant Nepenthes bicalcarata to catch its prey. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 27(1), 15-24. Escute no seu celular via Spotify ou aplicativo de podcast: bit.ly/assineobb | Siga nas redes sociais: @BugBitesPodcast | Seja você também um apoiador do Bug Bites, seja nosso padrinho ou madrinha: bit.ly/apoiebb ou pelo Patreon: bit.ly/bbonpatreon | Anúncio, críticas e sugestões: prodbugbites@gmail.com | Produção: Phillip Shuster | Edição: Orelha, "O Estagiário" | Arte da capa: Phillip Schuster | Créditos: “A Produção” | O Bug Bites faz parte da Rede Agrocast, a primeira rede de podcasts do Agro do Brasil! Siga nas redes sociais: @redeagrocast | Este episódio tem o apoio dos Padrinhos e Madrinhas: Besouro: Richard Stouthamer e Cherre Bezerra | Cigarra: Thamara Zacca | Abelhas Operárias: Priscila Engel, Rodrigo Sampaio e Diego Aureliano de Sá; | Formiguinhas: Juliana Carvalho e Masashi Inoue; | A vocês que acreditam no nosso trabalho, nosso MUITO OBRIGADO! | Some of the audios were composed using Bee Hive by Drake Stafford (from freemusicarchive.org) under a Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , incompetech.com/music/royalty-fre…isrc=USUAN1500025 , Artist: incompetech.com/), insect sounds from soundbible.com. Funk Volume 3 by Dirty Misunderstandings, Urban Comedy Volume 1 by Coming Back For My Parade, Neil Cross by Beneath The Radar(all from freeplaymusic.com/) and In the hall of the mountain King, all distributed either under a Creative Commons 3.0 license, or public domain. These artists have played no part in the development and creation of this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nepenthes Tropical Pitcher plants are one of the most striking plants we can include in our chameleon environments. Their leaves sport ornate carnivorous pitchers at the ends and they add a flash of adventure to our plantscape. With me is Jeremiah Harris to share his expertise in this exciting genus.

In this episode we look at what's going on inside the pitchers of carnivorous pitcher plants. Besides functioning as organs for prey capture and digestion, these highly modified leaves also serve as miniature ecological communities that have a lot to teach us about symbioses and evolution. Joining us to talk about this Dr. Kadeem Gilbert who has spent the last few years of his life studying pitcher mutualists in the tropical pitcher plants pf the genus Nepenthes. Dr. Gilbert is uncovering so many incredible aspects about these carnivorous plants that few have ever considered before. Settle in for an incredible conversation about pitcher plant ecologies. This podcast was produced in part by Alejandra, Cathy, Jordan, Judy, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Dana, Chloe, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Vaibhav, Kendall, Christina, Brett, Jocelyn, Kathleen, Ethan, Kaylee, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Donica, Chris, Shamora, Alana, Laura, Alice, Sarah, Rachel, Joanna, Griff, Philip, Paul, Matthew, Clark, Bobby, Kate, Steven, Brittney, McMansion Hell, Joey, Catherine, Brandon, Hall, Vegreville Creek and Wetlands Fund, Kevin, Oliver, John, Johansson, Christina, Jared, Hannah, Katy Pye, Brandon, Gwen, Carly, Stephen, Botanical Tours, Moonwort Studios, Liba, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, doeg, Clifton, Stephanie, Benjamin, Eli, Rachael, Plant By Design, Philip, Brent, Ron, Tim, Homestead Brooklyn, Brodie, Kevin, Sophia, Mark, Rens, Bendix, Irene, Holly, Caitlin, Manuel, Jennifer, Sara, and Margie.

Have we uncovered a carnivorous plant that Matthew likes more than Stephen??? There's Nepenthes care information in this episode somewhere, but prepare for emotional bombshells and debates about whether tropical pitcher plants should even be brought out of greenhouses and into homes in the first place. Is this what happens when a tropical foliage plant person and carnivorous plant person try to have an episode about the plants we BOTH care about?

Ever wondered why the leaves of your houseplants are different in shape? Professor Enrico Coen of the John Innes Centre joins to me to explain. I co-opt Stephen of the Plant Daddy podcast to help me answer a question about a Nepenthes, and we meet listener Mikaela. For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2020/5/29/episode-142-leaf-botany-part-one-shape

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Lots of us are drawing on creative pastimes as a way of getting through the current situation. This week we speak to artist, scientist, author and Deputy Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Dr Chris Thorogood. Chris shares his fascination with weird and wonderful plants and offers some expert tips on how to paint and draw them. Fiona Davison explores the history of botanical art at what is generally considered the world's biggest collection of plant paintings, the RHS Lindley Library. Young RHS Ambassador George Hassall is also a fan of plants that bite back, and he tells us about his passion for the gruesomely beautiful pitcher plants, Nepenthes. And finally... our resident allotment guru Guy Barter talks to gardening advisor Leigh Hunt about cunning ways to beat seed shortages and grow your own at home.

Le Nepenthes del Borneo sono senza alcun ombra di dubbio fra gli esseri più affascinanti che siano mai comparsi sulla terra; non sono in grado di mangiare esseri umani, ma sono documentati casi di topi e piccoli uccelli. Quando la fantasia supera la realtàSeguici anche su fb, ig e sul nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ , ogni giorno, il meglio della cultura di Medio Oriente e Mondo islamico

My guest this week is Angelo Urrutia, formerly of Engineered Garments and Nepenthes, as he launches his own brand, 4S Designs. Angelo and I discuss growing up in New York, finding manufacturers in Italy, getting inspired by classic American sportswear, and designing the first season of his new line.NOTES(01:27) 4S Designs(04:27) Camouflage // Manhattan Catalogue magazine(08:46) Italian Fabric Mills: Albini, Zenga, Loro Piana(13:25) Ventile fabric(18:52) RRL // DKNY Tech(19:58) Comme Des Garcons Shirt(20:16) Paragon // Goldwin(21:38) Trezeta Italian Climbing Boots // Vasque(22:52) Joining Engineered Garments(23:47) Nepenthes & Todd Killian(29:35) Darbury Stenderu(30:18) Russell Moccasin(33:29) Keizo Shimizu(35:42) John Bartlett // Cross Colors // JP Tods(36:41) Leaving Engineered Garments(40:34) Gore wear(47:51) Chanel**This episode is sponsored by Away Travel -- Save $20 off your purchase with promo code BLAMO**Want even more Blamo? join the BlamFam and get access to additional interviews, a community slack, special events, and more!

Tropikal ormanlardan hem büyüleyici hem tuhaf mı tuhaf, hatta irkiltici bir bitkiyi Konuşuyoruz: Nepenthes, yani suibriği… Charles Darwin bu tür bitkileri “böcekçil” diye tanımlamıştı ama daha farklı hayvanları da avladıklarından bugün “etçil” sözcüğü tercih ediyoruz.

Hosts Noah Thomas and Jian DeLeon are joined by photographer Cam Hicks and Angelo Urrutia, your favorite influencer's favorite influencer's favorite behind-the-scenes creative director. Cam has an upcoming photo exhibit at the Nepenthes store next week. Titled "For the Porch," he explains the inspiration and some of the work we can expect to see. Angelo has had a storied career as one of the key creatives at Engineered Garments, working closely with founder Daiki Suzuki to keep the label consistently dope. Both of them talk about the brand's latest Spring/Summer 2020 lookbook, which features Cam as one of the models.' Cam also shares his story about how Virgil Abloh discovered his work through Instagram, and how he finessed his way into shooting for Louis Vuitton. Meanwhile, Angelo talks about his reputation for being up on cool shit for decades, and how being an early adopter sometimes means not getting credit where it's due. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO FIX! Then things shift to the QOTW: What brand should Engineered Garments collaborate with next? Angelo's been behind some of the cult label's most fire collabs, like last year's HOKA ONE ONE (https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/engineered-garments-hoka-one-one-tor-ultra-low-release-date-price/) and this year's Tarvas collab. Oh right—and those mismatched EG Vans you see all over SoHo. He also hints at an upcoming collab that sounds like it absolutely slaps. As always, keep your eyes glued to the Highsnobiety IG every Monday for our Question of the Week (QOTW), and leave a voicemail on The Dropcast Hotline at 833-HIGHSNOB (833-444-4766) for a chance to end up in a future episode. Relevant Links: ‘Captain Marvel’ Star Lashana Lynch to Star as 007 in ‘Bond 25’ Diddy Finally Agrees to Bring Back ‘Making the Band’ in 2020 Chanel Hires Its First Head of Diversity & Inclusion Louis Vuitton Drops New Retro Video Game Inspired by Virgil Abloh’s FW19 Show Decoding the Great Fashion Silhouettes of Our Time Engineered Garments Teams Up With Tarvas for Versatile Footwear Collab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Noah Thomas and Jian DeLeon are joined by photographer Cam Hicks and Angelo Urrutia, your favorite influencer's favorite influencer's favorite behind-the-scenes creative director. Cam has an upcoming photo exhibit at the Nepenthes store next week. Titled "For the Porch," he explains the inspiration and some of the work we can expect to see. Angelo has had a storied career as one of the key creatives at Engineered Garments, working closely with founder Daiki Suzuki to keep the label consistently dope. Both of them talk about the brand's latest Spring/Summer 2020 lookbook, which features Cam as one of the models.' Cam also shares his story about how Virgil Abloh discovered his work through Instagram, and how he finessed his way into shooting for Louis Vuitton. Meanwhile, Angelo talks about his reputation for being up on cool shit for decades, and how being an early adopter sometimes means not getting credit where it's due. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO FIX! Then things shift to the QOTW: What brand should Engineered Garments collaborate with next? Angelo's been behind some of the cult label's most fire collabs, like last year's HOKA ONE ONE (https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/engineered-garments-hoka-one-one-tor-ultra-low-release-date-price/) and this year's Tarvas collab. Oh right—and those mismatched EG Vans you see all over SoHo. He also hints at an upcoming collab that sounds like it absolutely slaps. As always, keep your eyes glued to the Highsnobiety IG every Monday for our Question of the Week (QOTW), and leave a voicemail on The Dropcast Hotline at 833-HIGHSNOB (833-444-4766) for a chance to end up in a future episode. Relevant Links: ‘Captain Marvel’ Star Lashana Lynch to Star as 007 in ‘Bond 25’ Diddy Finally Agrees to Bring Back ‘Making the Band’ in 2020 Chanel Hires Its First Head of Diversity & Inclusion Louis Vuitton Drops New Retro Video Game Inspired by Virgil Abloh’s FW19 Show Decoding the Great Fashion Silhouettes of Our Time Engineered Garments Teams Up With Tarvas for Versatile Footwear Collab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pitcher Plant Nepenthes attenboroughii as presented by Fort Fritz: Campfire TalesNarrated by Fritz on Land of the Lost Cause

In the second part of my interview with Peter D’Amato, founder of the nursery California Carnivores, I get Peter to answer listener questions about Nepenthes, discuss the weird world of naming carnivorous plants, and find out about a very unusual side project Peter has been working on. For full show notes, visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2019/5/17/episode-94-carnivorous-plants-with-peter-damato-part-two

Finding themselves in a prehistoric battleground of mythological proportions, the gang must tiptoe around the likes of giant insects and other miscellaneous dangers. Featuring stories on Nepenthes attenboroughii, Toxoplasma gondii, Ichneumonidae

Houseplants are all weird and wonderful, but there are some that outdo the rest for their ability to surprise us. Dr Chris Thorogood is a botanist at Oxford Botanic Garden with a clever sideline in painting brilliant pictures of the plants he loves and studies: his new book, Weird Plants, is a brilliant book for anyone who wants to delve a bit deeper into some of the strangest corners of the botanical world. In today’s episode I find out from Chris why engineers are studying the slippery qualities of Nepenthes pitchers, which creature uses Low’s pitcher plant as a toilet, and why Stapelia flowers look mouldy. Visit janeperrone.com for full show notes. 

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Behind an unassuming bungalow near Poole in Dorset, Mike Clifford's garden may measure up to just 65ft long, but it's absolutely packed full of wonderful plants, both in greenhouses and outside. Mike - @mikesrareplants on Twitter - is a huge fan of all kinds of tropical plants, but he's got a particular penchant for big-leaved plants such as the tree dandelion (yes there is such a thing) and the tree fern. I was privileged to get a tour of Mike's garden and greenhouses, meeting everything from his huge American pitcher plants to his iridescent begonia species. You can hear my tour of his unheated and heated greenhouses in this episode; if you'd like to hear Mike talking about his outdoor plants, you'll need to be a Patreon subscriber, donating $5 or more a month to On The Ledge. That way you'll unlock extra content a well as helping to support the show. (Like the sound of this plot? Mike's garden is being thrown open to visitors for a few days in July and August - visit the National Garden Scheme website for times and details.) Below is a list of all the plants we talk about: do take a look at the images of Mike's plants below as you listen.  Dionaea 'Great White' Arisaema Sarracenia flava 'Strained' Begonia maculata Begonia bipinnatifida Begonia sizemoreae (pictured left) Begonia fusca Begonia pavonina - iridescent begonia Nepenthes robcantleyi Epiphyllum Impatiens parishii Elaphoglossum crinitum Polypodium formosanum Manihot grahamii. If you're intrigued about how to propagate begonias, there are various different techniques that can be used for different kinds of this plant - cane, rhizomatous and so on. There is good advice on begonia propagation on the American Begonia Society website, and a step-by-step guide to begonia leaf propagation (for Rex begonias and the like) is worth looking at on the excellent houseplant blog Plants Are The Strangest People.  Question of the week @thegardeningengineer asked whether I could suggest a precautionary pest treatment for a new houseplant that was looking a bit peaky. My advice was that the best way of making sure that houseplants don't fall prey to pests is to make sure that they are healthy, because most pests target plants that are already showing some sort of weakness. It's not wise to treat a plant with soap sprays and the like unless you know there's an existing pest problem, as these substances aren't great for the plant so should only be applied when absolutely necessary. Want to ask me a question? Tweet @janeperrone, leave a message on my Facebook page or email ontheledgepodcast@gmail.com.  Are you supporting On The Ledge on Patreon yet?  If you like the idea of supporting On The Ledge on a regular basis but don't know what Patreon's all about, check out the FAQ here: if you still have questions, leave a comment or email me - ontheledgepodcast@gmail.com If you're already supporting others via Patreon, just click here to set up your rewards! For those who prefer to make a one-off donation, you can still buy me a coffee! A donation of just £3 helps keep On The Ledge going: helping to pay for me to travel to interviews, and for expenses like website hosting and audio equipment. Don't forget to join the Facebook page for news of what's coming up on the show and bonus blogposts! If you prefer to support the show in other ways, please do go and rate and review On The Ledge on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you listen. It's lovely to read your kind comments, and it really helps new listeners to find the show. On The Ledge talks, live show and houseplant chats  I am going to be at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show on the afternoon of July 4 giving talks on houseplants in the roses theatre at 1pm and 4pm - do join me if you can. And on the evening of Friday October 26 I'll be bringing a live show of On The Ledge to the RHS London Urban Garden show, with special guests including Alys Fowler and all kinds of leafy fun! Put those dates in your diary NOW! Credits This week's show featured Roll Jordan Roll by the Joy Drops, Hot Lips by Bill Brown and HIs Brownies, An Instrument the Boy Called Happy Day Gokarna by Samuel Corwin, and Overthrown by Josh Woodward, all licensed under Creative Commons.    

Pierre Jules Janssen  Norman Lockyer William Ramsay    ไฟลท์ Concorde ไล่ตามเงาสุริยุปราคา ปี 1973 โปรเจ็ค Citizen Cate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMHAOrfV7l0 SARAWAK, BORNEO, MALAYSIA อุทยานแห่งชาติ Bako ลงเรือที่หมู่บ้านบาโกะ ไปถึงอุทยาน ทางเข้าร่มรื่น เจอหมูป่าต้อนรับ เจองู เจอลิงจมูกงวง (proboscis monkey) เซลฟี่หลังขี้ เลือกเทรลที่จะไปเดิน โซนแรกเป็นป่าชายเลน โซนต่อไปเริ่มเข้าป่าดิบชื้น รากไม้พัวพัน จะมีเครื่องหมาย(สีแดง)บอกทางเป็นระยะๆ เดินคนเดียวไม่ต้องกลัวหลง มอสโซนนี้เขียวชุ่มฉ่ำจริงๆ และถ่ายยังไงก็ไม่สวยเท่าตาเห็น   สัมผัสและจดจำ โซนต่อมา พื้นเปลี่ยนเป็นทรายแฉะๆ เจอหม้อแล้ว! พวกแรกที่เจอเป็น Nepenthes rafflesiana หรือราฟ หม้อบน (Upper pitcher) จะเป็นทรงแตร ตัวต่อมาที่เจอคือ N.gracilis ทรงลิปสติก เจอหม้อตลอดสองข้างทาง โซนต่อมาเริ่มเป็นทุ่งแห้งขึ้นเรื่อยๆ เซอไพรส์เจอหยาดน้ำค้างด้วย ไม่คิดว่าจะมี (Sundew เป็นพืชกินแมลงอีกจำพวกนึง) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djnIa2fHJVY ใช้ CUsmartlens ถ่ายสารพัดสัตว์ สนใจสั่งซื้อได้ทาง INBOX เพจ WiTcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0hSfzt3H5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_cIwMLEYk กลับมาถึงที่ทำการ เจอหมูป่าอีกแล้ว เค้กไอติมวันเกิด เจอหมูป่าอีกแล้ว ไปชายหาดเตรียมตัวกลับ เจอหินลาเต้อาร์ต กลับเข้าเมืองมาเจออาบันโดยสวัสดิภาพ ^^   คลิปเพลงต่างๆ ที่ใช้ประกอบตอน https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erG5rgNYSdk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHP2GgxYddY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ufFuwXOi9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehLx_Fjv_c พูดคุยคอมเม้นกันได้ที่โพสต์นี้คร้าบ https://www.facebook.com/witcastthailand/photos/a.384378794958298.93979.380263635369814/1621183914611107

Carnivorous plants aren't always scary: some form mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships with animals. The Fanged Pitcher-Plant from Borneo, Nepenthes bicalcarata (yes it actually has fangs), provides a home for carpenter ants, Camponotus schmitzi. And another species, Nepenthes hemsleyana, "communicates" with bats to encourage them to roost inside it, then feeds off their poop.Kathleen Garland, from the Weisbecker Lab at the University of Queensland, has been measuring bandicoot forelimbs, which are more diverse than those of other marsupial species. She explains how this supports the theory that marsupial forelimbs evolved to help them climb into their mother's pouch, because bandicoots are the exception to the rule.We also give a shoutout to Heteropoda davidbowie and Wunderpus photogenicus as we look at some odd species names. This includes those named to insult people and tautonyms, i.e. those with repeated genus and species names (e.g. Rattus rattus, Bison bison and Gorilla gorilla gorilla), which is similar to the linguistic phenomenon of contrastive focus reduplication, as described in the famous Salad-salad paper ("It's tuna salad, not SALAD-salad").

How the venus fly trap catches its food.