Various Types of Rare Wild Plants in the Papua Forest

in Incredible India2 months ago

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Giant pitcher plant, a deadly trap in the Papuan forest. Among the wet bushes, hangs a strange plant shaped like a bag with a mouth that is always open.

This is a giant pitcher plant. One of the largest carnivorous plants in the world that is able to catch and digest insects, even small animals.

The uniqueness of the giant pitcher plant, a unique natural trap. Its leaves are modified into bags with enzyme fluid to digest prey. Catch small animals, not only insects. Some large species can prey on frogs and small lizards.

Adaptation in nutrient-poor soil, obtaining nutrients from prey, because it grows in an environment with soil that is low in nutrients. There are various species, Papua is home to unique and rare pitcher plant species.



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Threatened by hunting and climate change, often collected illegally and its habitat is shrinking. The giant pitcher plant is proof that in the Papuan forest, not only animals are predators, but also plants. But if the pitcher plant is a silent hunter, then there is another plant that is more striking, more magnificent, but also more sinister.

On the damp forest floor, a giant flower appears with red petals patterned with yellow. But behind its beauty, this flower spreads a pungent stench. Rafflesia Papua.



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A cousin of the Rafflesia arnoldi, it is one of the largest parasitic flowers in the world. Uniquely, it has no roots, leaves, or stems. It lives as a parasite on the roots and stems of host plants. The giant flower can reach a diameter of more than 1 meter.

Gives off a foul odor, imitating the scent of a corpse to attract pollinating flies.

Blooms in a short time, only blooming for a few days, then rots. Very rare and difficult to find.
Its blooms are unpredictable, and only grow in pristine forests.



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Rafflesia Papua is a botanical wonder that shows how extreme the survival strategies of plants in the Papuan forest are. But life in the Papuan forest is not only limited to large trees or exotic flowers. There are also plants that creep and spread and dominate the forest canopy. Giant liana, the ruler of the forest cannoli.

If you look up, you will see thick tendrils creeping between the trees. This is a giant liana.



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A climbing plant that dominates the forest. Creeping without limits, and growing up to tens of meters, gripping trees to reach sunlight. Providing a path for animals to become a natural bridge for monkeys, cuscuses and birds to move.

Greetings always compact.

By @midiagam

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