Now here's a cutesy pitcher plant; Nepenthes ampullaria. Squat round pitchers that look more adorable than menacing. The vines of this scrambling climbing pitcher plants can be used as a form of crude twine in the
jungle. Large pitchers are used by local folk as containers to cook rice. Very much like ketupat except that you need not weave the coconut leaf casing. Talk about convenience! Shown here is the all-green pitchers. They something appear brownish green due to brownish hairs on the outer surface of the pichers. Rub it off, and its pure green below. The peristome (the rim of the pitcher) is also green in colour. Other forms include green pitcher-red peristome, 
speckled pitcher, mottled red, and var rubra-totally red form, which is the rarest. I like the green ones best, having the common speckled type and the Gunung Ledang reddish purple-mottled version. But the best grower goes to my N. ampullaria from Gunung Ledang. A monstrous climber that went up my mango tree, flowered and reached for
the skies. He (as in male, since pitcher plants are dioecious) just didn't know when to call it quits. Now, with the mango tree chopped off, he has begun to put out multiple rosettes. I am sure in no time, my garden would be overrun by him again!
jungle. Large pitchers are used by local folk as containers to cook rice. Very much like ketupat except that you need not weave the coconut leaf casing. Talk about convenience! Shown here is the all-green pitchers. They something appear brownish green due to brownish hairs on the outer surface of the pichers. Rub it off, and its pure green below. The peristome (the rim of the pitcher) is also green in colour. Other forms include green pitcher-red peristome, 
speckled pitcher, mottled red, and var rubra-totally red form, which is the rarest. I like the green ones best, having the common speckled type and the Gunung Ledang reddish purple-mottled version. But the best grower goes to my N. ampullaria from Gunung Ledang. A monstrous climber that went up my mango tree, flowered and reached for
the skies. He (as in male, since pitcher plants are dioecious) just didn't know when to call it quits. Now, with the mango tree chopped off, he has begun to put out multiple rosettes. I am sure in no time, my garden would be overrun by him again!
