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Did you know that pitcher plants derive most of their critical nutrient needs from the insects they consume? This stems from the poor soil that they are accustomed to, leading them, like all insectivorous plants, to adapt insect-eating mechanisms
Nepenthes x trichocarpa is the pitcher plant in the video, a hybrid of two different species N. ampullaria and N. gracilis.
The Philippines boasts a great diversity of pitcher plants, and most recently a new species was discovered in the Pantaron Range in Mindanao
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/nepenthes-cabanae-08205.html#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20biologists%20from,living%20plants%20of%20Nepenthes%20cabanae.
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/nepenthes-cabanae-08205.html#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20biologists%20from,living%20plants%20of%20Nepenthes%20cabanae.
Pantaron Range is one of the ancestral lands of the Lumad. The mountain range us rich in resources, however, there has been ever increasing militarization in and around the area, coupled with the killing of envi. defenders and entering of mining corps. http://davaotoday.com/main/environment/lumad-peasant-groups-unite-to-defend-pantaron-range/
Activist groups as well as the Lumad themselves have time and time again raised the plight that militarization and capitalist interest has done to their way of life. The intrusion of mining companies, slayings, and the shutting down of their schools are just some examples.
I am no expert on any of the subjects that I mentioned, however, if you want to read more about carnivorous plants (or want to buy some), check out these links:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/03/carnivorous-plants/
https://www.popsci.com/carnivorous-plants-arent-as-cool-as-you-think/
https://pitcher-plants.com/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/03/carnivorous-plants/
https://www.popsci.com/carnivorous-plants-arent-as-cool-as-you-think/
https://pitcher-plants.com/
If you want to know more about the Lumad and support their struggle towards demilitarization, putting a stop to the murder of their people and the reopening of their schools, check out @alcadevinc and @savelumadschool
And this link (tho a bit old) https://rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/lumad-philippines-stories-photos-issues
And this link (tho a bit old) https://rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/lumad-philippines-stories-photos-issues
If you have any more information to add to this thread, feel free to do so :-)
