velvet pitcher plant
BACKVelvet Pitcher Plant
Scientific Name: NEPENTHES MOLLISLast Seen: 2019Year Found: 2019Years Lost: 101Red List Status: Data Deficient
In 2019, Re:wild confirmed the exciting rediscovery of this species by an independent team of botanists who trekked to a mountain in the most remote, true wilderness in Borneo in search of the Velvet Pitcher Plant.
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that use a deep cavity filled with digestive enzymes—a trap set for unsuspecting insects—to catch their meals. The Velvet Pitcher Plant was known only from the original specimens discovered in 1918.
