Discovered in the ultramafic mountains in central Sabah, the species was named for the orangutan, due to its hairs’ striking resemblance to the great ape’s long, dark, rusty-red hair.

This stunning 1,570-hectare (3,879-acre) property is the largest Atlantic project NCC has protect to date. It boasts the most extensive area of native grasslands in the province and is the largest ...

They also explained that it was very large. Upon return to their lab, subsequent research showed the plant to be the largest pitcher ever identified. The researchers wound up making two ...

This plant, named Nepenthes pongoides, belongs to the largest known pitcher plants and may be at risk of extinction. A research team led by Alastair Robinson from the Royal Botanic Gardens in ...

A newly described species of pitcher plant, one of the largest and furriest ever found, has been identified on a wild mountain in Borneo, Malaysia. The underside of the leaves of Nepenthes ...

In 2009, botanists in the Philippines discovered a new species of pitcher plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii (named for naturalist Sir David Attenborough). With stems reaching up to nearly 5 feet and ...

KOTA KINABALU: A type of giant hairy pitcher plant which was first photographed in 2004, has officially been named after it was recognised as a new species and classified as Critically Endangered.