The 'toilet' pitcher plant (Nepenthes lowii), attracts shrews and other small animals with nectar. As they sit on the peristome to feed on this delicacy, they defecate into the pitcher, providing the plant with otherwise scarce nutrients. N. lowii is endemic to Mt Kinabalu and neighboring Mt Tamboyukon.
Splendid pitcher plant (Nepenthes edwardsiana), upper pitcher, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia.
Pitchers of a splendid pitcher plant (Nepenthes edwardsiana) in the cloud forest of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. The splendid pitcher plant is a giant carnivorous plant endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighboring Mount Tamboyukon.
