Nepenthes lowii uses its 'toilet' pitchers to collect mammal and bird poop as a source of nutrients
Kinabalu orchid (Paphiopedilum lowii)
Rafflesia pricei, Borneo
Rafflesia pricei, Borneo.
I was filming in #Borneo for #BBCEarth #EarthOnLocation... For two weeks we had been searching for a flowering parasitic Rafflesia, the biggest flower in the world. Its distinctive red and white petals resemble rotting flesh and its putrid smell attracts flies. Its other name is the corpse flower. I received a promising call from Tambunan forest reserve. By the time we arrived the flower was well past its best. It had a large split in its side, just enough for me to focus my lens through. I used the light from my headtorch to illuminate its cavernous inside as a fly landed to collect pollen from the tips of the thick red anthers. #Rafflesia #flower #nature #Borneo #Parasite #Travel #Wildife
I was filming in #Borneo for #BBCEarth #EarthOnLocation... For two weeks we had been searching for a flowering parasitic Rafflesia, the biggest flower in the world. Its distinctive red and white petals resemble rotting flesh and its putrid smell attracts flies. Its other name is the corpse flower. I received a promising call from Tambunan forest reserve. By the time we arrived the briefly vibrant flower was well past its best. It had a large split in its side, just enough for me to focus my lens through. I used the light from my headtorch to illuminate its cavernous inside as a fly landed to collect pollen from the tips of the thick red anthers. #Rafflesia #flower #nature #Borneo #Parasite #Travel #Wildife
Rafflesia pricei, Borneo. One of the worlds biggest flowers, a parasitic plant that smells of rotting flesh and is pollinated by flies.
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Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Underside of leaf showing spines for protection against fish, and thick stems filled with air for support.
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Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Flowers open at night to attract beetles to pollinate them. The flower is 10oC warmer than its surroundings, this helps its scent to radiate.
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Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil. Amolar Mountains in background.
Hippeastrum belladonna, flower in the Pantanal. Brazil.
Mystery flower from the Pantanal, Brazil - the local people told me that it was only found on one hill in the area. Any one know it's name?
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Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil.
