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I found an article in New York Time talking about the N. Albomarginata. The article titled: A Plant Gets Picky. As you know this Nepenthes species only feed upon termites and nothing else. But you might be interested in. Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers, from Germany and Burnei, say that unlike other pitcher plants, for which the main attractant is nectar, N. Albomarginata most important feature appears to be a ring of tiny white hairs around the pitcher lip. One reasearcher noted that the hairs were missing from those pitcher that were filled up with termites. But theres more but I go to go.
Considering these findings, people who grow albomarginata should see if they can find termites to feed it, if it has evolved over eons to eat only this insect.
Chris
The termites in the article looked just like ants so I wonder if you could buy dried ants at the pet store and just pitch them in if you were trying to recreate this feeding patern. Or possibly a PLB (lo blo 'R.P. sorry ).
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