Seven Borneo Exotics nurseries in Nuwara Eliya, Srilanka, on 1.884 m above sea level elevation are 4 times a football field width. Inside the buildings there are around 100 species and
There were actually 5 pots of lowii seen above the iron shelves asbestos, based 1,5 m high, with a gravel carpet above it. From the dangling green tip of the leaves, slopy pitchers are 20 cm high. The nepentheses originated from Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia, were wedged in among the red pitcher and green lip of N. veitchii, green pitcher and red lip of veitchii, the 600 ml mineral water container size of N. truncata, and the bright-red pitcher of N. petiolata-merely mentioning the highland ketakung which Borneo Exotics have.
Despite so, Trubus sight was focused on N. lowii which has the mouth shaped like-pardon-a chamber pot hole. The dark red colour of the inner part is really in contrast with the fresh green outer part. The white welling nectar gland behind the pitcher lid is also of contrast. From a distance the exudate looks like seaweed. It is different from other nepenthes nectar glands which are transparent and far less in quantity-usually found around the pitcher mouth. Lowii takes the advantage of those sweet smelled and tasty welling nectar gland to trap the preys, so that they are uconsciously fall into the pitcher.
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