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Old 16th July 2009, 11:10 AM
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Default Re: cactustts : New discovery

Having read Steward's book. Originally it is named Nep DA in his website http://www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/nepenthes_sp

Now I know (guess) DA stands for David Attenborough the famous British Naturalist. Steward please correct me if I am wrong. I have high respect for that man for he has educated me and many other people about nature. So the genus is named in David Attenborough's honour Nepenthes attenboroughii.

Accoding to Steward, it is a intermediate/highland plant. Growing in windswept open country. It prefers direct sunlight therefore capable of forming upright stems though it does have scrambling ones too. The pitcher can hold up to 1.5 litres of water in the limited sample the expedition found. They are sure there are others which will contain more liquid. Read more on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_attenboroughii

Cannot recall more. May add more later. I have no regret buying those two books. Excellent!
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