An exotic plant species previously unknown to science has been discovered growing in a hothouse in London’s famous Kew Gardens.
Botanists discovered the carnivorous pitcher plant – now named Nepenthes zygon – had been growing at Kew for almost a decade and helping to keep down cockroaches, before anyone realised it didn’t match any species on record.
It originated from the Philippines where it was collected as a seed by a plant hunter in 1997 and donated to Kew in 2004 as a seedling to be placed in a tropical glasshouse.
The Independent: New exotic carnivorous plant discovered at Kew Gardens
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