CHARACTERISTIC OF Nepenthes ampullaria

Most attractive of all pitcher plants

Leaves are light green in colour with dark red and brownish blotches
Stem is usually brown, may climb to 15m height
Flowers produce once or twice a year
Have a life span over 6 months
Cylindrical shape. 8-10mm thick
Lid of the pitcher often with bright colours and nectar glands-attractant for the prey
animals, helps to prevent rainwater from diluting the pitcher content

The frogs attach their eggs to the sides of the pitcher, and the tadpoles grow in the watery
liquid inside the plant. The species is an obligate of the pitcher plant,
Nepenthes ampullaria which breeds in senescent or mature pitchers. They remain around
the pitchers clump, and adult males are heard calling at dusk, choruses peaking during the
early hours of the evening (ca. 18452100 h) within and around patches of pitcher plants