The Discovery of Nepenthes attenboroughii

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2017
  • A non-broadcast documentary (made just for fun) recounting the discovery of Nepenthes attenboroughii - one of the largest carnivorous pitcher plants yet discovered.
    In 2007, Alastair Robinson, Volker Heinrich, Stewart McPherson and a team of local guides climbed a remote peak called Mount Victoria on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. On the mountain’s little-explored summit, they found a spectacular new species of carnivorous pitcher plant which they named Nepenthes attenboroughii.
    Returning to Mount Victoria on the 10 year anniversary of the expedition, Stewart McPherson retraces the team’s footsteps through little-known rainforests and across raging rivers to reach the summit of the mountain to see Nepenthes attenboroughii once more.
    A full account of the discovery of Nepenthes attenboroughii and many other spectacular recently-discovered Nepenthes species is provided in the recently published book title New Nepenthes Volume 1 (available from Redfern Natural History).

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  • @agungpurnomo8
    @agungpurnomo8 4 роки тому +8

    An Indonesian here. It makes me jealous and a bit ashamed sometimes that most people studying my country's nature are foreign scientists/ researchers. Our government and private sectors rarely take an interest in natural science to the point where a sufficient amount of funding for research is as scarce as hen's teeth. This is made worse by the attitude of most politicians who value research's worth only by the invention it makes not the discovery. In other words, they would only fund research that leads to an invention which they can then capitalize for profits. While knowledge discovery is worthless to them.

  • @ashleystewart34ify
    @ashleystewart34ify 4 роки тому +32

    Such a captivating story. Thank you for sharing it with us! That guide who had the accident sure is a trooper.

  • @valeriemelanson4131
    @valeriemelanson4131 6 років тому +42

    Thank you for the wonderful experience this video has given me as an armchair traveller. Fantastic Nepenthes!

  • @lorib1696
    @lorib1696 4 роки тому +10

    How have I never seen this channel before? I love Nepenthes!

  • @cleoxo2566
    @cleoxo2566 4 роки тому +6

    Humanity as a great deal to be thankful for dedicated botanists.

  • @calvinhobbes5686
    @calvinhobbes5686 4 роки тому +13

    You’ve again delighted this subscriber! And many thanks for honouring Sir Richard Attenborough. In doing so, you have brought honour upon yourselves.

  • @LLTR00
    @LLTR00 5 років тому +8

    So amazing! Thanks for sharing your adventure with the rest of us! Looking forward to seeing more!

  • @WilsonChin
    @WilsonChin 6 років тому +10

    As as avid hikers in Sarawak, Borneo. I really love and enjoy watching all your adventure trip

  • @DeBoswachter
    @DeBoswachter 6 років тому +6

    Simply amazing! Thank you very much for making this documentry and helping to sustain these great forms of art/plants.

  • @NorKal530
    @NorKal530 Рік тому +1

    My wife and I just visited her family in Narra in December 2022. I had no idea about these recent discoveries of large pitcher plants on Mt. Victoria. I've always been fascinated by them. Thanks for the video!

  • @matthewhaley2334
    @matthewhaley2334 6 років тому +5

    LOVE this video and all the pitcher plant ones you have done!!! KEEP THEM COMING lol!! Great work!

  • @killercaos123
    @killercaos123 6 років тому +41

    That was beautiful. Made me wanna go there and do some explorin'.

    • @gemmajess007
      @gemmajess007 2 роки тому

      Can I come too and I'm from Philippines 😊

  • @tengotnco5942
    @tengotnco5942 5 місяців тому +1

    This is indeed an adventure and great discovery ❤

  • @watermill21
    @watermill21 4 роки тому +2

    I love all your documentary about plants with a huge flower.❤️❤️❤️

  • @Serenitynature
    @Serenitynature 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful documentary. Thanks.

  • @chloenoja9582
    @chloenoja9582 3 роки тому +2

    thank you for this video. I love my country (Philippines).

  • @jage5256
    @jage5256 3 роки тому +3

    Wonderful to learn there's more to learn. Greetings from California. Subscribed🤗

  • @pinkhibiscus3695
    @pinkhibiscus3695 4 роки тому +3

    Really interesting, I love plants and learn about them. Thank you for the video

  • @amandagarcia5037
    @amandagarcia5037 2 роки тому +1

    Very, very interesting. Thank you so much for discovering this.

  • @yupiisnaini9868
    @yupiisnaini9868 6 років тому

    Very nice video. Thank you very much for share your experience

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 4 роки тому +6

    Congratulations, seek and you shall find, great vid.

  • @Roxy00726
    @Roxy00726 4 роки тому +2

    Such a determination.. Amazing.

  • @mmovido4082
    @mmovido4082 5 років тому +18

    The Philippines is just blessed with such great biodiversity

    • @jeksixten5751
      @jeksixten5751 4 роки тому +3

      Palawan is

    • @skyinuri8868
      @skyinuri8868 4 роки тому

      Kinibalu in phillipine?

    • @skyinuri8868
      @skyinuri8868 4 роки тому

      Serawak, kinibalu, borneo all is malaysia and or indonesia ig

    • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420
      @vacciniumaugustifolium1420 2 роки тому

      @@skyinuri8868 kinabalu is the Saint graal of botanical biodiversity, a true natural wonder, but other places are also quite amazing 👍

    • @hariniel
      @hariniel Рік тому

      @@skyinuri8868 the video is in the Philippines. Not Malaysia.

  • @conchitinabernardo4370
    @conchitinabernardo4370 4 роки тому +1

    Thnk you for this awesome video

  • @kyddoemiko100
    @kyddoemiko100 4 роки тому +2

    That was an amazing video on Paliwan , Philippines nepenthes 🍃🍃🍃😚

  • @oo-xk3ih
    @oo-xk3ih 6 років тому

    Spectacular plants for an amazing video. Great job and thanks.

    • @finac6194
      @finac6194 6 років тому

      Foozil I wpwlcpl bj

  • @elgb665
    @elgb665 4 роки тому +4

    I live in Palawan. Big mining companies is now a big threat to these mountain ranges..

    • @letthesunshinethru2355
      @letthesunshinethru2355 4 роки тому +3

      Hope they stay out! Get the word out.

    • @elizabethbalazs7322
      @elizabethbalazs7322 4 роки тому +2

      Yes the big companies with the government permission slowly they destroy our beautiful earth and no one can't stop them

    • @charleshueckstaedt5064
      @charleshueckstaedt5064 4 роки тому +1

      EL GB WHAT TOWN ARE YOU NEAR ? SALAMAT...

    • @wglenbatemanjr9729
      @wglenbatemanjr9729 3 роки тому

      Oh crap.... do they mitigate negative impacts to local WATERS and soil???

  • @Juscz
    @Juscz Рік тому +1

    Great story! I have one on these Nepethes attenboroughii in cultivation for more than two years now.. It is producing beautiful pitchers, but only about 1 to 2 inches in length. Along with my sprawling Nepenthes tenuis, it is my favorite pitcher plant. looking forward to receiving Mr. McPherson's three volume set on Nepenthes, which is reportedly now at the printers.

  • @mickwilkinson4038
    @mickwilkinson4038 5 років тому +2

    Love your work, keep it up. It's very educational

  • @7mn4tn
    @7mn4tn 6 років тому +7

    thanks for the movie...

  • @AntonShields
    @AntonShields 6 років тому

    Wow. What an adventure!!!

  • @acharyaswagata
    @acharyaswagata 4 роки тому +3

    this is lovely!

  • @sasorishino
    @sasorishino 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for Appreciating palawan. Hopefully my countrymen can also appreciate it.

  • @snapperhead51
    @snapperhead51 4 роки тому +1

    I did very much enjoy Climbing Mt Victoria and seeing this great plant with my own eyes, was a tough climb too & making some great friends on the trip ,seeing this vid brought back great memory's of my trips seeing nepenthe's all over Asia , thanks Stew

  • @barbaramccoy6448
    @barbaramccoy6448 Рік тому +1

    God sure created some varied plants for our pleasure. Thank you for showing us these unique plants.

  • @ANTSPlantation
    @ANTSPlantation 4 роки тому +24

    this species is now publicly available

  • @TheBoogiedoc
    @TheBoogiedoc 5 років тому +2

    Grettings from Germany and thanks for your fantastic videos

  • @TheHellbillyx
    @TheHellbillyx 4 роки тому +4

    love the vid love plants I saw small pitcher plants in South Carolina love them

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH 4 роки тому +1

      TheHellbillyx they’re in South Carolina and Oregon. Also Venus fly traps. They must have similar bogs and climate

    • @TheHellbillyx
      @TheHellbillyx 4 роки тому +1

      @@MatanuskaHIGH seen them too was working in the swamps

  • @roneven3420
    @roneven3420 Рік тому +3

    Hello there,
    For a few years this has been a favourite video of mine, as well as all of the expedition videos you've ever shared. Though, I do remember that a few years ago I watched a video in which you've described the expedition where Nepenthes palawanensis was discovered. I tried to search for the video again, and couldn't find it anywhere. Has it been deleted? Could you please re-upload it if so?
    Thank you very much.

  • @hugholiveiro2081
    @hugholiveiro2081 4 роки тому

    STUNNING IMAGES..UNBELIEVABLE DISCOVERIES ...GREAT PRESENTATION. SHAME ON ALL THOSE WHO CHOOSE INSTEAD......TO DESTROY IT.......

  • @supingpilario3783
    @supingpilario3783 2 роки тому

    Very informative, thank you

  • @Jixejo
    @Jixejo 4 роки тому +1

    most amazing interesting video on youtube for ages, thanks :)
    carrying on Linneaus' work! haha :) nice

    • @Jixejo
      @Jixejo 4 роки тому

      but sad too...

  • @lynnschwemle2807
    @lynnschwemle2807 4 роки тому

    So beautiful

  • @justinekusin2969
    @justinekusin2969 2 роки тому

    Wow. Very interesting.

  • @sandib4234
    @sandib4234 4 роки тому

    Very interesting!!!

  • @_cephalotus4187
    @_cephalotus4187 5 років тому

    Well made! Thanks for sharing this great adventure and documentary. Better than many actual broadcast and not-for-fun documentaries. ;-)

    • @_cephalotus4187
      @_cephalotus4187 5 років тому

      And BTW: Congratulations for discovering this enormous plant!

  • @PachecoAquarismo
    @PachecoAquarismo 2 роки тому

    Perfect Discovery 🌱🇧🇷

  • @mirekfojt2723
    @mirekfojt2723 4 роки тому

    Amazing.

  • @TH-tc3ib
    @TH-tc3ib 3 роки тому

    Fantastic

  • @Glitchesftw
    @Glitchesftw 6 років тому

    great vid cheers

  • @ajayvv4383
    @ajayvv4383 5 років тому +7

    Nepenthes, you've got my attention

  • @TheLazyClips
    @TheLazyClips 2 роки тому

    This video was really interesting and entertaining. I wish i was there too haha.

  • @Lex-tb1wd
    @Lex-tb1wd 3 роки тому

    This is inspiring

  • @princeharry7702
    @princeharry7702 6 років тому

    amazing

  • @BukuiZhao
    @BukuiZhao 3 роки тому

    Good job I want to go there

  • @rohanplantboyjames6812
    @rohanplantboyjames6812 4 роки тому +3

    If he comes to NZ I want to be one of his guides. I know a few secret spots for drocera.

  • @judemetz8963
    @judemetz8963 2 роки тому

    Thanks for naming this after my idol, Sir David!
    I'll admit the site of "Nepenthes attenboroughii" was excellent click bait and made me watch this vid. Very enjoyable, thanks!

  • @Fishtory
    @Fishtory 4 роки тому

    Great video, Great editing and content! I want to know the freshwater fish out there! Cypranids, specifically.

  • @bleumi7733
    @bleumi7733 6 років тому +2

    2007 was the year when born :)

  • @scottbridgeforth507
    @scottbridgeforth507 2 роки тому

    Well Remember Being Stunned as a Child at Pitcher Plants In NC

  • @deeSK8er
    @deeSK8er Рік тому

    Incredible story I have 2 different kinds. Don’t know there names , 1 is huge pitchers red spotted with hairs on side and long big 12 inch leaves Ive only had it a couple months. Can’t wait to see what it does😁 I live on the big island of Hawaii at about 1500 feet lots of rain , heat and humidity

  • @wenderis
    @wenderis Рік тому

    4:20 what a gesture. I assume Stewart learned this gesture in Sumatera. (touching your heart/left chest after a hand shake)

  • @victornado4015
    @victornado4015 3 роки тому

    Tbh sundews are my favorite speces of carnivorous plant or even my favorite plant.

  • @MarkBalahadiaOfficial
    @MarkBalahadiaOfficial 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely lovely video! FYI, Palawan in Tagalog is pronounced "Palaawan", with the double aa being a long vowel.

  • @eliseolopez2790
    @eliseolopez2790 5 місяців тому

    Expeditions are done to strip the world of its beauty ,the king will turn the world into world of wonders and amazement

  • @billlumberg5746
    @billlumberg5746 Рік тому

    Those missionaries discovered this plant should be recognized Stewart.

  • @kathysemrau2301
    @kathysemrau2301 4 роки тому

    Stewart do you have any ties with Weirdest Plants? They had one of your videos online about cactus in South America.

  • @lol-dn6nx
    @lol-dn6nx 4 роки тому +1

    did you ever get to name any of these plants?

  • @keo8069
    @keo8069 6 років тому +8

    i really want that plant...

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 5 років тому +2

      You can buy pitcher plants from Amazon but predatory plants is a better website to buy them from

  • @georgefleming4956
    @georgefleming4956 4 роки тому +2

    At 17:55 you can see the guides hand all wrapped up. He's a mans man!

  • @seiyuokamihimura5082
    @seiyuokamihimura5082 3 роки тому

    Nepenthes? Yes please!

  • @geofox9484
    @geofox9484 4 роки тому +6

    16:10 *N O G L O V E S*

  • @louisgreen3071
    @louisgreen3071 Рік тому

    Why did you cut the shrew pitcher open???

  • @Toastymarshmallow80
    @Toastymarshmallow80 4 роки тому +2

    It's a Victreebell 😊, but seriously though cool plant.

  • @engineerinhickorystripehat9475
    @engineerinhickorystripehat9475 4 роки тому

    Do they stampede themselves off cliffs ?

  • @tedrudiaurelio2358
    @tedrudiaurelio2358 5 років тому

    I wish i could do stuff like these....

  • @inflatable6849
    @inflatable6849 8 місяців тому

    it would be a dream to go out recherche and go on expeditions and discover more insectivorous plants its a dream to go to Borneo.

  • @antonil-wol6353
    @antonil-wol6353 5 років тому

    thank you for visiting Palawan we love you

  • @jovertmoscoso7464
    @jovertmoscoso7464 4 роки тому

    💜

  • @maintagodisah3829
    @maintagodisah3829 4 роки тому

    the wild banana we make pickle the taste is sour like cucumber. so many cucumber in my village tambunan north borneo.

  • @ganeshsiyum3959
    @ganeshsiyum3959 4 роки тому

    I always wanted to b a botanist ...it was my childhood dream...
    I also want to explore forest mountains...😑

  • @stacks1548
    @stacks1548 3 роки тому

    How does it even evolve like that? Like what made it look the way it did?! Did a bug poop on the middle of a leaf and evolved like that?!

  • @Hallands.
    @Hallands. 4 роки тому

    How do you manage to get "stuck on a mountain"?

  • @feli0999
    @feli0999 6 років тому +1

    Omg is that nepthes plants?

  • @alnumbers2098
    @alnumbers2098 5 років тому +3

    Amazing experience! Too bad the nepenthes isn't a lowland species, or I would be tempted to buy one!

    • @JoanEvangelista
      @JoanEvangelista Рік тому

      There are plenty of lowland species! Just make sure to get yours from a proper grower that's not engaged in poaching.

  • @aaroniouse
    @aaroniouse 4 роки тому +1

    The pitcher obviously DID evolve to catch vertibrates, because it caught one pretty easily. A bucket of water is the best mouse-trap.

    • @eyesclosed3709
      @eyesclosed3709 4 роки тому

      It's definitely hard to imagine the plant evolved to have very large, wide pitchers for any other reason than to catch large prey, such as rodents and lizards

  • @cormac8613
    @cormac8613 9 місяців тому

    Did the locals have a name for this pitcher? Surely they had come across it before 2008

  • @mac_is_easy
    @mac_is_easy 3 роки тому

    Most are unexplored because most of the mountains and islands on Palawan is protected by their local tribes. They rarely allow anyone to step foot there to protect the forest and its habitat. Even people from surrounding cities there has never been that place for the same reason.

  • @m.v.domingo5363
    @m.v.domingo5363 4 роки тому +1

    Rise of the Nepenthes genus is pitcher plants!

  • @Lotus201877
    @Lotus201877 4 роки тому +8

    The guide that accidentally cuts himself was very manly to continue the journey.

  • @TILER96
    @TILER96 5 років тому +3

    i want those beautiful dracaena's in my house lol

  • @pratibhadarekar2277
    @pratibhadarekar2277 4 роки тому +1

    Bug eating plants can also be used in farms.

  • @whoisfrank6051
    @whoisfrank6051 5 років тому

    Daaayum

  • @AmericazSweetheart
    @AmericazSweetheart 4 роки тому +18

    Any other UA-cam algorithm surfers?

    • @mariahlee7653
      @mariahlee7653 4 роки тому

      um yes I started off at growing potatoes and then I ended up here. I think it'll bring me around to Trixie Mattel and Li ziqi

    • @user-oz5iy4bl1u
      @user-oz5iy4bl1u 4 роки тому

      Hi there

    • @suckerbranch9943
      @suckerbranch9943 4 роки тому

      Sub bob surf pen

  • @lucaciarnold-vasile9022
    @lucaciarnold-vasile9022 2 роки тому +1

    And here we are in 2021 where u can find nepenthes in my apartament🙈

  • @thetruthexperiment
    @thetruthexperiment 4 роки тому

    shrews eat bugs, it isnt a stretch to believe they occasionally try to eat the bugs they chase into the flowers. with such large blooms I'd say it's a lot less rare than you think. maybe hasnt been seen a lot. but I'm sure it happens.

  • @brynleeambojnonomboy2244
    @brynleeambojnonomboy2244 2 роки тому

    14:04 Nepenthes attenboroughii

  • @scottbridgeforth507
    @scottbridgeforth507 2 роки тому

    THE GUIDES are TRUE MEN of the Forest

  • @nopenope8418
    @nopenope8418 3 роки тому

    Wait, wait, wait.... Leeches on trees... FREAKING LEECHES ON TREES!?!? I tought the 30cm long one we have in some lakes and meadows around where i live were nightmares... BUT THIS!?!?!

  • @tylermccoy2020
    @tylermccoy2020 6 років тому

    Awsome