The peculiar "pitcher plant" The peculiar "pitcher plant rice"

In the Lunar New Year, the Lingnan Flower Market in Guangzhou, the peculiar pitcher plant attracts people to buy.

Curious, what is this?

This plant is very strange, and it has a different shape!

This is pitcher plants, which are almost impossible to see in the central and northern regions.

In Guangzhou's flower market, one can see this peculiar plant.

Nepenthes has a peculiar stature, which is that it has a long, curly beard on its leaves, attached to a bottle with a fat belly. Because this bottle looks like a pig cage, people call it pitcher plant. And because their cage mouth has a cage cover, like a wine pot, so Hainan people call them Lei Gong pot again.

Nepenthes can catch insects, believe it or not?

The process of catching insects by pitcher plants is similar to that of bottle grass. Its big fat belly is a tool for preying on insects. The lid of the pitcher plant secretes fragrance and honey, which is a great temptation for insects, so it is easy to lure insects to come and feed on the honey. Because the cage is so smooth, insects can easily slip into the bottle and drown in the digestive juices secreted from the bottom of the bottle, which break down the insect's nutrients and make it a delicious and nutritious meal for pitcher plants.

Nepenthes is not only peculiar, but also a delicacy.

In Southeast Asia, locals use the insect trap of the apple pitcher plant as a container to cook "pitcher plant rice". They stuff rice, meat and other ingredients into insect traps and steam them in a pot, similar to steamed zongzi in China. Nepenthes rice is a local specialty food with a Southeast Asian flavor.