Nepenthes - Monkey Cup in Taman Desa Serdang

[Lalatbotak]

The only remaining wild stand of Nepenthes in the Seri Kembangan Valley. Nepenthes was discovered growing at the foothills of Taman Desa Serdang in 2005.

At that particular time growth of the plant was abundant and the wild stand was healthy and doing very well in the habitat. At one time you can see the inflorescence of its flowers. An incredible sight to behold for nature lovers.

Since July 2009 disturbances of the habitat due to human and feral dog activity has affected growth of this particular unique plant species . The last remaining stand of Nepenthes in the locality has dwindled and would probably disappear by mid 2010. Hopefully some conservation efforts could be carried out by our local council to preserve this last remaining Nepenthes habitat in Seri Kembangan.

For brother mappers and contributors of the My Asean Free Maps living in Kuala Lumpur you can visit the site at this coordinates:-


N 03◦00.694’ E101◦ 43.756’






*Hint- Football field-Foothill
*Bonus – Its flowering right now!!


Good luck and don’t forget to bring your digital camera along.



Regards

Lalatbotak
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[apisfires]

ehh periuk kera......
laaaa
ingat piala monyet hapa....
heheh just joke...
u are good at botany...
maybe u house like forest like my mother do....
she keep tanam apa aja bunga dan pokok yang boleh...
but im proud in her...

[Lalatbotak]

Apisfires!!

My house not like jungle..like desert!!! But I teach Biology.
A former bare bones back packer and jungle nomad. Now dah
50 and my knees are longgar. But still loves the jungle.

Send my salams to your Mother.


lalatbotak

[snail-works]

this is Nepenthes Gracilis. The very common lowland pitcher plant which sometime can be found at the country roadside.

[Lalatbotak]

N.gracilis, thanks for the identification.

lalatbotak

[apisfires]

N.gracilis, thanks for the identification.

lalatbotak

it possible to grow this plant at home?
wow biology teacher eh?
im chemistry student now...

[snail-works]

it's posibble to grow it at home. Lowland pitcher plant love hot and humid condition, just like the weather in our country. Some of the N. Gracilis is in red colour. But the pitchers are relatively unremarkable with a very thin peristome and no unusual morphological features.

Try to search for N. ampullaria and N. rafflesiana. Both of them are low land species too but more attractive than N. Gracilis. The former is cute, the pitcher really look like 'periuk', the latter is spetacular and the upper pitcher can grow up to 40cm...

Oh ya, pitcher plant are sold in flower nursery too. It's quite a popular plant among Chinese during 'piggy' year.

[apisfires]

it's posibble to grow it at home. Lowland pitcher plant love hot and humid condition, just like the weather in our country. Some of the N. Gracilis is in red colour. But the pitchers are relatively unremarkable with a very thin peristome and no unusual morphological features.

Try to search for N. ampullaria and N. rafflesiana. Both of them are low land species too but more attractive than N. Gracilis. The former is cute, the pitcher really look like 'periuk', the latter is spetacular and the upper pitcher can grow up to 40cm...

Oh ya, pitcher plant are sold in flower nursery too. It's quite a popular plant among Chinese during 'piggy' year.

how much their price?
i think i can buy for my mother as gift...
maybe she will happy thats all...
my home like hutan just now...
maybe that monkey can eat mosquitoes too...
thanks for the info snail-work...
u pict about waterfall too amazing too...
if me work someday i want to join u go hunt waterfall when have free time...

[snail-works]

You may need to check at flower nursery, price range from RM10.00 to hundred plus... depend on the genus and plant size. I'm sure this plant will become the superstar in ur mom's 'hutan' garden.

[moeyhc]

I bought it in Penang and it cost RM35.00/pot.... . Dried up after 8-9 months... don't know why... Need to do some research on its care before getting new plants.