An expedition to find the rare pitcher plant Nepenthes clipeata in a remote part of Borneo
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2016
- A non-broadcast documentary (made just for fun) filmed during a 2016 expedition led by Stewart McPherson in search of the rare and little-documented pitcher plant Nepenthes clipeata.
In this film, Stewart McPherson travels to Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, to climb a remote mountain called Mount Kelam in an effort to find N. clipeata - a carnivorous pitcher plant feared to be on the brink of extinction in the wild.
During the journey, Stewart encounters numerous other carnivorous pitcher plants, including a spectacular black-pitchered form of N. albomarginata and N. reinwardtiana.
Videos like these is how I got started with growing carnivorous plants. I have watched this video half dozen times and it still doesn’t get old.
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NOTE TO ALL NEPENTHES ENTHUSIASTS: Nepenthes clipeata is among the most imperiled of all Nepenthes, mainly because of poaching.
PLEASE do not buy poached plants or seeds. There are so many sellers on ebay and other platforms blatantly selling poached plants and seeds. Such activities will push many Nepenthes species to the brink of extinction in coming years. All Nepenthes can be produced sustainably in cultivation through tissue culture and cuttings - there really is no need for collecting any plants from the wild.
I've been working to push forward Ark of Life to build a safeguard collection of the rarest Nepenthes is culture. I hope to raise funds and expand this in the next year, as N. clipeata and N. rigidifolia in particular are in dire straits in the wild ( www.ArkOfLife.net ).
I hope that you enjoy this short film, and it helps raise awareness of the endangered state of Nepenthes clipeata.
Hello StewartFirst of all your videos are absolutely brilliant!Secondly I have a small cloned Nepenthes Clipeata in a terrarium I set up this year (April), bought from 'Mr Wistuba', when it arrived I was unsure how it (or my would do? (it was miniscule! and with no pitchers) and although it's still pretty small it has grown a lot (I will go as far to say it's thriving!, very robust for it's size would be a good way to describe it's condition ) and at present has four Pitchers, the largest is approx. 45mm tall.........so I think I am onto a winner for the species!.Hopefully the plant I am looking after (it's not my possession as such) will find it's way back to the wild one day through projects like yours? (and if, or when it gets too big for my large terrarium (and if I can't provide a larger one) I will contact you through your Ark of Life website to donate it (as I realise it's very precious!)........Next year I will try and grow a tissue cultured Nepenthes Rigidifolia from Mr Wistuba (plus the other Clipeata clones he propagates)........... we can ALL save these amazing plants!!!, come on people! :-)Thanks again for your great videos, inspiration to save these incredible plants and keep up the brilliant work! :-)
Redfern Natural History Productions I May of found a new species of pitcher plant in South Africa since I live there I have always been fascinated in carnivorous plants and it would be cool if you came on an expedition oh and I may of found a new species of sundew that looks similar to a drosera natalensis to contact me go to tayne@admiralty.co.za you can phone me on 0836748486 and my UA-cam channel is scuba TayneSA
Redfern Natural History Productions This is an extremley interesting documentary on this particular kind of nepenthes species. What can be the true meaning the reason why they would poach such a beutiful plant and who would do those kinds of eco enviormental crimes? are they local Villagers? Also how is this Nepentes species condition at this time? is it still under extinction or is the plant species now saved by botanists and the arc program?
Thank you so much for the guided explanaition on this extroardinary beutiful plant which i pray to mother nature doesnt go extinct
Sorry to hear that eBay sellers are still hawking this one. I purchased seeds of several more common species on eBay, and found that our not-always-enlightened USDA has all species of Nepenthes seed on its list of prohibited imports. I can understand the fears of importing new fungi and bacteria with seed pods, and note that I rinsed all seed in bleach solutions, sometimes 10% household bleach, and sometimes Hydrogen peroxide. This caution may adversely affect germination, however, for it is possible that micorrhizae endemic to the plants' habitats might also hitch hike with the seeds or pods and aid germination. I had very low germination of this species, and very high for others.
At any rate, I no longer import my seeds, and collect only domestically grown plants.
But what happens to the plants that have already been poached but remain unsold?? :/
I highly appreciate your efforts on raising awareness on poaching of Nepenthes
i think it is very hard to stop the poacher in Indonesia, the best way to conserv this species is to teach the local people around Kelam Hill (N. clipeata natural habitat) how to cultivate this species.
Saving these plants could be as easy as removing that ladder!
XD XD XD !!!!!!
I wholeheartedly agree! 💖
Time to go break some ladders
U smart bro
I agree . . .
More awareness of conservation of these plants must be taught to the local schools and talks of conservation at social gatherings and to nursery owners
I can't put it into words how much I appreciate and love these videos. Thanks Stew for these and keep going :)
Thanks so much! That really means a lot to me! I am so glad if you enjoy these films and I hope to make many more! Take care, and hope you like the other ones! Cheers, Stew
You deserve much much more. And I was thinking, how about removing the ladder sequence which got you to the top in the first place. It makes the Top of the mountain inaccessible or atleast makes it very hard (Makes it very hard for even Poachers and they might not be willing to risk that much). Even though documentation will be severely affected by this way, I think in a long term perspective that might serve the purpose. ( I might be wrong here as I'm assuming only way to reach the top is the ladder sequence or don't know if the locals have some beliefs and cultures, so that they pray on the top of the mountain etc)
Awesome video, I applaud your work, great job! Also looked like a heck of a hike!!
Superb, thank you. You need to remove that ladder to save clipeata
Stew, you rule! Thanks so much for making these videos and books, you’ve contributed so much to carnivorous plants
my goodness i can barely watch him climb that horrifying ladder 😲😨
Amazing video. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
4:38 "one of the most roughest road on the planet" makes me laugh and sad because we had so many broken road across the region
Dont worry bro be happy for the biodiversity u have in ur country. Ladders and roads can be built but not the rich biodiversity
I thought to myself, oh eagle, good omen! So i was thinking he would say that too. Nope. "Its probably waiting for me to fall to my death" you kinda ran the other way with that one.
That Nepenthes clipeata is beautiful plant but just getting their and doing that ladder climb most have been scarier as hell. Had me scared watching you climb it.
This documentary is just amazing. So well presented and spoken, absolutely brilliant, especially for a just-for-fun documentary. I just discovered your channel, your work at Redfern and immediately ordered one of your books. We are the same age and I admire your work, you have to be the next David Attenborough ;-). This film was fun to watch, but also made me really sad because of people destroying this wildlife and plants. Please keep up your work, greetings fro Germany!
Top video Stew. Thank for sharing.
Stewart, may I know what is the temperature reading on the summit during night time?
thanks visit my country.... great video
Do you get permission to get cuttings of it ? to help with the reintroduction of the plant ?
Great video these plants look amazing as also do all the others there and the beautiful palms i am mad on plants but there is no way i would go up that ladder lol omg i was feeling sick just watching .
Oh shit he’s too happy about that rickety ladder
Keep doing great work with nepenthes Stewart
Am I the only one who had his butt clenched the whole time since he started climbing the ladder?
Amazing 👍 nice video
Did the project it's steel running ?
Weldon nice work, keep it up.
Beautiful place
so enterttaining and so interesting I have got two pictures at home
Nice!
Couldn't you tissue culture the plant and introduce it back into the wild?
Tissue cultured plants reintroduced into the wild do nothing very beneficial for the gene pool. Last thing nature needs is clonal populations, I would suggest.
You could but TC plants all have the same genes, so if you have a single female plant left, and all of your TC plants are female, nothing can be done. Even if TC plants could somehow breed with wild plants, the genetic diversity of the species has been so thoroughly bottle-necked that any recovery would take decades, and all of this is not to mention the fact that plants we hobbyists grow are almost certainly going to be doomed when they get re-introduced to the wild because they lack immunity against the diseases and infections that kill off weak wild plants.
what about hybridizing with a similar nepenthes species just to produce both male and female plants that could then be recrossed again with the remaining clipeata plants to introduce genetic diversity while maintaining clipeata traits.
@@omarvela3154 hybridizing them would cause a whole other bunch of issues. For one, hybrids may not be fertile or may struggle greatly to produce offspring. Hybrids, if successful, may even outcompete their pure bred parent species and lead to their extinction. There are other issues as well, but for short, creating hybrids would not be a good idea, especially if you're trying to retain specific characteristics of a certain parent plant.
It would just be best and easiest to collect several wild plants, test them genetically, and selectively breed them for increasing overall genetic diversity, similar to how we are with cheetahs. After a generation or two, collect more specimens, add them to the gene pool to further increase it, and so on. After a sustainably viable population is created, then they can be released into their native habitat.
how could we save the plant???
I thought he was going to drink out of one. Lol
Stuart is qualified to take the baton from Sir David Attenborough, I wonder if he has been approached to be the next voice for nature documentary making?
is it's still growing in the wild?
Yeah
They should remove the ladder for 10yrs and it would come back.
People are the problem
wow, 0 dislikes. Props
Wow
Isn’t there a rare Venus fly trap that looks like a Mario parinna plant that only eats flys and seeds are extremely small
If u watch the video today there are no Nepenthes clipeata left on that montain.. *sadface
Totally wrong ,theres Nepenthes clipeata still remains on the steep cliffs of the mountain
Bukit kelam in sintang, borneo
Bagus!
come to via ferrata bukit kelam
Same a nepenthes trucata
We need to introduce them to the wild again via making seed with the Japanese and Indonesian growers clones.
I wouldn't imagine a population of clones derived from less than a handful of original plants would be very genetically diverse. That would be the biggest issue in the long run.
Một loài Nepenthes giá 500 000.000₫ tôi củng có tiếc :D
Great expedition. Plant molecular geneticist turned film producer here. Would enjoy talking with you about some ideas.... find us at 1iOpen.tv
Also if anyone has any New Zealand jeweled geckos can you please return them to NZ.
Why he said smelly durians? It's taste delicious
Falling Star Durians STINK
Because durians don't *SMELL* the best.
pitcher plants in Antique, Philippines can be found anywhere, ugh
What is your point?
You do understand, do you not, that this species is not found just anywhere?
certain species are found specifically on some places and cant be found some place else i’m from philippines too and i can agree that we have pitcher plants but ours is just too common to be interesting enough
I live in borneo, Indonesia. I don't find any pitcher plants are that interesting and it doesn't matter how complex the hybrid is. Probably cuz we see them like everyday (not every single time though). I think what we have here are not so much different with there in philippines.
Neng grub pecinta nepe okeh sek adol lek
UMG.
Why to feel sad for the plant to get extinct just break all the ladder problem will be solved
so sad that human "hobbies" eventually destroy everything
Lol hahaha I porch for nepenthes their I even make 1000$ per plant come and get one for sale
I hope people don't play Pokemon Go There.
Bruh
Where else are we supposed to catch Victreebel?
If you truly wanted to help the species survive, and you are a botanist, why not take one of them to procreate. Seriously if you know enough about nepenthes to write books on them, you should be able to provide excellent care for them.