In this episode we slowly ascend through a lush lowland forest up to a neotropical cloud forest at 5,000 ft. We encounter a variety of strange plants along the way including the Balsawood Tree, a velvet-leaf endemic Magnolia (pallescens), a bizarre tree in the Ginseng Family (Araliaceae), quite a few orchids and an even more bizarre member of the blueberry family (#Gonocalyx tetrapterus). The highlight of the video is the rare and endemic carnivorous plant #Pinguicula casabitoana, which is threatened by poaching and forest clearance. Unlike most other members of its genus, this Pinguicula grows high in the canopy of other trees in this ultra-moist, mossy cloud forest. It is an epiphytic carnivore, trapping small gnats and flies on its narrow,thin leaf blades in order to supplement its nitrogen.
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3 окт 2024
