Giant Nepenthes Expedition

Redfern's Giant Nepenthes expedition takes you to the tropical islands of Borneo and Palawan to see the largest and most spectacular carnivorous plants on the planet. From the giant Nepenthes rajah and N. attenboroughii, to the menacing N. edwardsiana and N. macrophylla, to the beautiful N. burbidgeae and striking N. lowii, the magnificent tropical pitchers plants really do look like creations of science fiction.
Participants on this expedition will also encounter a wealth of orchid species, not to mention giant Rafflesia, spectacular scenery, and more often than not some of the unique wildlife endemic to these islands.
For more information, or to join this expedition, visit www.redfernexpeditions.com/.
[Video thumbnail: Twin pitchers of Nepenthes lowii on Mount Trus Madi, Borneo (Photo: Alastair Robinson)]

[@redfernexpeditions]

We hope you enjoy this short video about the Giant Nepenthes Expedition. This is a 16 day, eco-friendly, observation-only trip to see the largest and most spectacular carnivorous pitcher plants of the world. Funds from this and all Redfern expeditions are donated to conservation. Throughout our trips, we work with local partners, and employ local personnel wherever possible, to help local communities see the value in conserving natural wonders sustainably for ecotourism. For more information, please visit the Redfern website.

[@natashasemrau3670]

I love looking at the unusual plants. So very beautiful to look at, and dream about.💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓💚💓

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

Best trip of my life!

[@cesaryaelmurillo4367]

@@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica Where did you booked this trip?

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

@@cesaryaelmurillo4367 I have no idea why did they stop the trips, they were made twice a year, and now only other destinations are available at their website.

[@cesaryaelmurillo4367]

@@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica Ohh that's a shame. Hope they reopen this trip in the future. Thank you for answering mate!

[@dalami9271]

There is no emoji to describe how beautiful this is.

[@ariefboediyanto382]

Oh, that orchid is so beautiful

[@sabinereynaudsf]

I wish I could afford one of his expeditions.

[@katsuthebun]

same, he got me more reasons to buy a few nepenthes, now making space and buying lights for them.

[@AmHA_Official]

@William T. Beck what are you talking about, did you have a stroke will typing this?

[@FLONASIA]

👍👍👍👍greetings from Indonesia

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Absolutely AMAZING video, I LOVED this, it must have been incredible to have seen these wonderful plants in their natural habitats :-) XXXXX

[@enzozaffino4519]

Desert Plants of Avalon was

[@humfyb2544]

Beautiful Nepenthes!

[@zalehaburude7752]

Truly Wonderful.... I love Mount Kinabalu. Thank you so much for sharing your Fantastic Video of my State. Much appreciated...Greetings from Borneo... Sir!!

[@patpatchannel4019]

ตั้งอยู่ประเทศอะไรค่ะ Mount Kinabalu

[@maartenlubbers1904]

What an amazing and interesting video, thank you!

[@gioiaredfern4406]

Just wanted to say my last name is Redfern 😅

[@kathysemrau2301]

These plants are so beautiful, interesting, and rare on this earth. Your videos are so beautiful in a wild way.💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜🧡🧡💜💜💜💜💜

[@michaelho1796]

amazing documentary

[@mxjoaoo]

Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@minty69420]

Omg I wish I could go on this tour! Sadly though I am only 14 so I really hope you’ll continue these types of tours for a long time!

[@gnarmarmilla]

So fantastic. Thank you very much for making this video.

[@seankraus5246]

thank u for this vid. simply amazing.

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

fantastic video, very well made. wish I could have this experience, to see them in the wild like that, amazing

[@shotdominance9239]

6:40 WHAT IS THAT ITS SO COOL

[@luminong2744]

Land planarian. Also called bipalium or hammerhead worms.

[@zay_rat8942]

@@luminong2744 they look more like a Cheeto worm to me

[@konosubaette8511]

there preety crazy this was my first time learning of them i hope some day ill be able to see them

[@MRSPENNYTAYLORGinangMILYONARYA]

Been there in Palawan. Try Mt Guiting guiting in Sibuyan where I saw big red ones. Welcome to my country

[@kweeeng4347]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful and enjoyable video. Learn so much about the amazing carnivorous plants, the wild vegetation and the wild life in the tropical country. Much appreciated.

[@trackinggod8087]

Very cool adventure! Thank you for sharing.

[@rafaelgartner2560]

I love Nepenthes rajah

[@cristinavelasco9818]

👍👏👏❤️🇪🇸🙋 Botánica 👏🥰🇪🇸🙋

[@lory4678]

Amazing video!!!!!!

[@nalinir5092]

Absolutely fabulous and amazing video. Love durian fruit; never heard of snake fruit.

[@ExoticBugs]

a very beautiful trip ! :')

[@mariabenizeschopf8261]

M.A.R.A.V.I.L.H.O.S.O.Nunca tinha visto tanta beleza em um mesmo vídeo, pena que não sei inglês para apreciar se relato junto ao video. Amei🌺🐞🌼🐞🌷🐞🌹🐞🌻

[@naturedegree5671]

Fantastic and lovely presentation

[@lorenzomaldonado2050]

Ah.. Natures traps, Fred would love this ( Fred from mystery incorparated / scoobydoo )

[@irenebriones2275]

Wow!! That's amazing. I never knew you've been here in the Philippines particularly in PALAWAN to do such incredible documentary❤😍😍😍

[@tijmen131]

Amazing, truly amazing. Although I hate hiking and fear allot of insects, this expedition looks so amazing it's definetly high on my bucket list. Very high indeed. Maybe in a few years, I am 19 so I have the time.

[@EnliveningJustice]

Go ASAP :) just because you’re 20 now, doesn’t mean you can’t die tomorrow.

[@AmicomTV]

Beautiful and informative video. I noticed Mount Trusmadi is one of the location in this video. I live just nearby to it.

[@flypirate8046]

Great video

[@testicalfestical]

This made me happy :)

[@waltz6360]

so beautiful…

[@ArchyBeatz]

Beautiful video.

[@jmendes63]

🇫🇷😀🤗 j'ai pris un plaisir à regarder cette vidéo c'est vraiment très beau c'est nepenthez avec d'autres plantes ça vous fait rêver ce paysage ceux qui ont été ils ont dû être content comme j'aurais aimé être avec eux voir ce beau paysage merci pour cette belle vidéo

[@dadou2866]

je repond 1 ans apres 😂

[@dadou2866]

Dsl 😅

[@methods5873]

Thank you for sharing,

[@brandongrant4072]

I would love to join your expedition

[@irmafidela4619]

VELLICIMO VIDEO DESDE ARGENTINA FELICITO X COMPARTIR ESTA BELLEZA UN LUJO GRACIAS-

[@alicel2957]

Tolles Video👍👍👍👍

[@srinivasaraopeetha6653]

It was amazing and your hard work is more that's why this video is amazing but one thing When my mam told plants are also herbivorous,carnivorous,omnivorous I was shocked after a while I agreed

[@vegaslightz1424]

8:12 did or does anybody know what those are swimming in the pitchers? So crazy but beautiful at the same time

[@evenesence21]

Is there a name or classification for these orchids yet? How beautiful!

[@rajatepe6407]

👍👍👍

[@HenryLei]

Please make more videos on your Nepenthes voyage.

[@naldhincurioso5437]

caramba que nepenthes linda,fico fascinado,aqui vai um alo de um brasileiro.

[@ameliaandes797]

The nepenthes seem to be the top of the food chain....for small mammals and birds.

[@vivimannequin]

Nepenthes ampullaria can digest leaves which means it can eat other carnivorous plants making it the highest plant on the food chain

[@lap1879]

you are amazing

[@keke4420]

I hope i can see this plant live :(

[@DavidHKTan]

Nice Video... but i think those are mosquito larvae in the nepenthes attenboroughii. 8.00

[@mikhaelhose2848]

they are mosquito larvas

[@PatrickJamesQuinn21]

There are lots of species of mosquito/larvae so he's saying the ones in the pitcher may not have been described yet. There are also tons of other fauna, etc. that live in the pitchers (some microscopic) that he may be including in his statement.

[@EliezaBaby]

Palawan Philippines needs to be protected and research for plants not discover yet. You guys need to do a petition because Palawan protect its ocean and its tourists. But the jungle its another story . I heard Coron is untouch jungle. Imagine the things to be discover 😍

[@Tecseles]

I want go 😍

[@illadelagos8770]

What is the anatomical word for the traps they have? Pitchers?

[@telegnes4500]

Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia. It is situated in the east of Malaysia.

[@Crystaleakins]

I'm in Missouri we have the one of the only pitcher plants in the world that is not tropical

[@entomophill5246]

How much would a trip like that cost?

[@frankG335]

How bad were the mosquitos on that trip? Did anyone get sick?

[@RyngKatBaDPhiTogetherwithYou]

plenty of those in some villages near our 🇮🇳 village, Meghalaya India

[@zect556]

Nepenthes Khasiana? They are popular in your country since its a native species

[@CazabichosManny]

Did you see any snakes during the trip?

[@jupitervalbuena710]

See our local nepenthes in our country Philippines, yet to see our Nepenthes truncata and Nepethes Nebularum

[@LucasWills]

I want do this (:

[@doce7606]

quick question; why the evolution of the heavy buttressing on the forest trees shown..? Apart from wind, which must be attenuated in forests, what other factors does buttressing protect against ; (answers own question; flash-flood undermining on slopes..?)..? plus; more amazingly: evolution of hygienic defecation (in pitcher plants)..? by birds and mammals..? wow; is this established..? excellent itinerary.

[@VoXuanThien1984]

Titket Bus Nha Trang - Khanh Vinh market ! :D

[@janetflanagan2314]

Do you know where I can buy carnivorous plants?

[@uros1101]

Is there any info on temps and humidity? Something that would help us growers to imitate similar conditions like in natural habitat?

[@zect556]

Nepenthes in the videos are Highlanders, cold night, humidity recorded there around 80% and above I believe.

[@zect556]

Nepenthes in the videos are Highlanders, cold night, humidity recorded there around 80% and above I believe.

[@lewisedwards4058]

Colonies of Weepinbell and Victreebell lol

[@skylersedillo7461]

Those are mosquito larvae swimming inside👀

[@100daysgaming6]

the big populate nepenthes in this world. only borneo :)

[@oger_ROG]

The mosquitos must be horrible?

[@Balancinglife]

God I wish!!

[@BukuiZhao]

7:09 it grows under water

[@Ryan-yx9kz]

Not always, some species of utricularia can grow on land like the one shown in the video.

[@BukuiZhao]

Random stuff that is an teressial one

[@redbutterfly88]

this plants is ridiculously expensive even here for filipinos.. ive seen this in mountain in palawan but didnt get it i cant bring it home lol

[@shanigirl9495]

🍃🍃🍃🍃

[@omnibus3890]

My dream is to became a botanist

[@whoisfrank6051]

So Big

[@rogerIndianKing]

Next time you discover something try naming it in appreciative of the local culture. Also, a word of thanks for the Philippines for letting you in.

[@lessforloans]

oddi he was in Borneo though?

[@crispas4902]

I do agree mam, as a sign of respect. It is in Mt. Victoria, Philippines

[@crispas4902]

It is in Central Palawan area, Philippines

[@AndresRodriguez-lq1yn]

3:41 come on pitahaya

Hi! I'm working on a design project that mimics the nepenthes on its form and mechanism. We want to enter a contest for which we need a promotional video. I would love to use some of your footage in our video! Just the images would be fine, no sound or voice would be used. All credit would be given to you! Thanks for your attention, and hope to hear your answer soon! Best Regards, Paul

[@maurosanchez3652]

Hola, que lugar es?

[@darkwish210]

Es Las Filipinas

[@Kalle1854]

what is that animal called at 6:39 ?

[@Multi1628]

I assumed you are not referring to the land crabs. I believe that snake-looking animal is a leech indigenous to Mount Victoria.

[@BukuiZhao]

Btw I have nepenthes jamban

[@xovyeejthoj9026]

Zooso🏠🏠🏠🏠

[@gamosepalous5lobed514]

[@brynleeambojnonomboy2244]

nepenthes kitanglad plssssss

[@randomhuman2612]

8:10 those are just mosquitoes

[@gnmganesanmganesan3404]

It was truly sad,heart broken and thoroughly lost for words as narration and the pictorials seen. Many may wonder why! Part of what was discovered of these pitcher plants, about 50 years ago I had the opportunity to have touched, handed and wondered why these funnel like flowers had liquids,hairy,stickyli and dead insects, some bones at the bottom base. Have also noticed that some were the size of the old, short '7up' &' Coca Cola' bottled drinks. At times, there's lids closed,lifting the flaps,one could see , these bottles shaped plant structure had trapped centipedes, crickets,small crabs (at that time, aged 7,8 never knew there were fresh water crabs). Came to know, that the people called these pitcher plants as monkey cup. As seen macaques and long tailed monkeys drinking out from the 'cup'. Not only that, have seen (don't know the scientific or English name for this edible fruit in raw), known in Bahasa Melayu/ Malaysia as 'Buah Jering' , would you believe,it was the size of a medium size dinner plate. Those who haved lived in Penang Island will surely know where, Quarry Road was, behind the Christian Cemetery off Western Road (now known as Jalan Utama),then it came to be known as Penang Youth Park and now known as Taman Perbandaran (if not mistaken). There were hiking tracks that lead to view point back then. Along these tracks,one can see thorny rattans creepers, creeping up the the trees,( many sizes in thickness). Back then,it was like a God forsaken place, closed to public after 6pm. It was there,came to see these pitcher- monkey cups plants. There were many sizes,some hanging from leftover quarried rock face,(it was a granite quarry but closed operations). Some were as large as said above,some the size of a small child fingers, they were in many colour tones or just one coloured. These pitcher plants were , something of curiosity at that time, with the dead insects,vermin's, monkeys drinking from it. At present times, wouldn't know how the place looks,if drastic changes had taken place, anything of the above mentioned is still the or .... Wouldn't know if ferns,fauna and the terrains remains or only just reminders. Aware lots had changed, at the location for public use. These plants,the hills,crabs,the fishes in the streams,the frogs and toads ,the dripping waterfalls may have been lost forever in the development of the area for recreational purposes. These monkey cups/pitcher plants will always be an educational experience for many,an education that won't be on the school curriculum.

[@yomama3926]

🤤😭🤠

[@moqdamali4474]

I like to be with you

[@lezeincapayusa5333]

Banana

[@theomnomnomnivore]

Is it just me who noticed the footage is extremely recycled and the plants they "so called" found on THIS expedition are the same exact plants/photos from the attenbourgrii video? Make new content please the first one I watched was so good hence the sub .... this one not so much 😕

[@alvaferjoe2117]

Mosquito larvae inside nepenthes, ahahaha

[@PatrickJamesQuinn21]

There are lots of species of mosquito/larvae so he's saying the ones in the pitcher may not have been described yet. There are also tons of other fauna, etc. that live in the pitchers (some microscopic) that he may be including in his statement.

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

I am a believer that you should not touch the pitchers. You can put salts on the pitcher plants that actually do harm to them. Just because you left the plant alive, doesn't mean you helped it.

[@waynelkduarte45]

Put lime in your nose

[@courtneycarlberg-sullivan4393]

Vary sad you felt the need to rip the pitcher to show the kill you pulled out to show anyway hatefull!!! leave it like you found it people!!! Other than that beautiful video

[@EnliveningJustice]

No. What’s sad is that uneducated people like you are so quick to drop ignorant comments without knowledge. Here is wisdom: When a pitcher plant digests a mammal, the entire plant is fed. The individual pitcher that broke down the meal will _Naturally_ shrivel up and die off from the rest of the plant. Several new pitchers grow in its absence. 7:55 See the rot? Yes you do. There is no “sadness” or anything “hateful” about it, courtney. Now you have learned something today. Do more of that ;)

[@user-ul9jl6eu9s]

เหมือนกับในเทพนิยายเลยแต่มันเป็นจริงอ่ะคุณลองเอาเวลาคุณเดินทางไปถ่ายทำแบบนี้คุณก็น่าจะมีพวกที่เขาวาดภาพจริงๆไว้สกรีนตามที่พวกคุณทำอะไรแล้วเดินมาเป็นหนังสือไปรวบรวบรวมเป็นเล่มๆหรือว่าตีพิมพ์หรือทำเป็นเหมือนทำเป็นหนังสือไบเบิลไปเลยก็ได้นะคะเพราะคุณได้เห็นสิ่งมหัศจรรย์ที่คนอื่นเขาไม่ได้เห็นกัน มีทำเป็นคลิปวีดีโอแล้วก็มีเป็นหนังสือตีพิมพ์ออกขายนี้ก็เก่งเหมือนกันนะคะ ฉันเชื่อว่าถ้าเราจะผลิตสารเคมีอะไรที่แบบสีให้เทียบกับเขาอ่ะฉันว่ามันเป็นอะไรที่ 4 มหัศจรรย์อย่างเช่นคำว่าเป็นสีคอนแทคเลนส์แบบคล้ายๆสีของพืชเกสรดอกไม้อะไรพวกนี้ก็ได้นะคะแล้วก็สีผมสีเล็บฉันว่าคงจะเป็นสีธรรมชาติทาสีเล็บของเล่นโต๊ะสีเล็บของตัวคนฉันว่าจะดูดีมากเลย เหมือนเขาไม่ค่อยแต่งเติมให้บุคลิกคนเรานั้นดูดีนะ

[@s.a.shinobi]

Don't say tricycle say tuck tuck

[@madhabiroy8693]

Who cares i have a pitcher plant at home which is much better than these all

[@whoisfrank6051]

Who cares

[@washyourhands2359]

what species is it?

[@EnliveningJustice]

I care & I have a pitcher plant at home as well. Many others care too, look at the view count. Fix your attitude.

[@vivimannequin]

If it's your typical hybrid like ventrata or Miranda,just stfu