Heliamphora - the marsh pitcher plants - of the tepui mountains (lecture by Stewart McPherson)

A lecture about the spectacular Heliamphora pitcher plants that grow across the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela and borderlands of Guyana and Brazil.
Heliamphora is a genus of spectacular carnivorous plants that produce pitchers up to 40 cm tall. Most species grow atop of the tepui (tepuy) mountains, South America's so-called "lost worlds".
These amazing carnivorous plants are among the least known of all insect-eating plants and many species have only ever been seen on a couple of occasions.
In this lecture, Stewart McPherson takes you on a journey to see all Heliamphora species in the wild!
The species covered in this talk are:
Heliamphora arenicola
Heliamphora ceracea
Heliamphora chimantensis
Heliamphora ciliata
Heliamphora collina
Heliamphora elongata
Heliamphora exappendiculata
Heliamphora folliculata
Heliamphora glabra
Heliamphora heterodoxa
Heliamphora hispida
Heliamphora huberi
Heliamphora ionasi
Heliamphora macdonaldae
Heliamphora minor
Heliamphora neblinae
Heliamphora nutans
Heliamphora parva
Heliamphora pulchella
Heliamphora purpurascens
Heliamphora sarracenioides
Heliamphora tatei
Heliamphora uncinata
Heliamphora sp. 'Akopán Tepui'
Heliamphora sp. 'Angasima Tepui'
Edited by Rohan Holt ( Cloudbase Productions www.cloudbasepro.co.uk )

[@filipepaixao9398]

I just love listening to people who are passionate about something they like

[@Heliplants]

Thank you so much for producing this wonderful lecture. Well done!

[@g1day]

I never wanted to grow Heliamphora before, they just seemed too difficult. But lo and behold, a fellow member of my local CP society sold me a teeny tiny division of H. minor for about $16. Over the years it really struggled, but it survived. A few years later, I was able to set up a greenhouse (unheated, fan cooled, fogger, and misting system in a Mediterranean climate), and surprisingly, tried more Heliamphora. It turns out my conditions are good enough for them to thrive! I went from a struggling H. minor to having 9 or 10 different species and a few hybrids! Besides the Nepenthes and plenty of orchids, I'm really glad I started growing Heliamphora. Such a beautiful and rewarding genus in my book! Now to collect as many species as I can! 😅 These videos and the Nepenthes expedition videos have really motivated me to try and explore more types of plants, and really got me to a place where I can really grow and appreciate such exotic genera/species! Thanks for all of the work you do Stewart!

[@Jartopia]

*I love how your videos capture the natural world! It inspired me to build my own youtube channel*

[@duncanpage1556]

I cant stop watching all your carni plant vids! Love it..Hello from Alberta

[@sean2val]

awesome thank you cheers from Queensland Australia

[@bryanfermore804]

Fascinating insight on these wonderful plants. I'm just beginning my collection of Heliamphora and your information and excellent photos has really helped me determine which species I would like most.

[@sukuanliu8105]

Love this!!! I am watching this video while doing the annual repotting of all the H spp. !

[@kathysemrau2301]

Pitcher plants are so beautiful. Thank you for all your hard work and study. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@kathysemrau2301]

Thanks Dr. Stewart McPherson. So much versatility in a carnivorous plant. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💐💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@johnwells9089]

I absolutely love your videos I can watch them for hours

[@kitburns7739]

Thanks for the new videos about species in the wild. These videos gave me the idea to search for some Drosera close to my house in Perth, Western Australia. In about 20 minutes I found hundreds of what I think are Pygmy Drosera growing in the limestone sands close to Bibra Lake. I’m looking forward to when they flower. I would love to go on a carnivorous plant expedition when/if they start up again. Thanks again for more vids.

[@clintparsons3989]

Can we acknowledge how cute he is?

[@ilpigliamosche]

Very good, your work is exceptional and I am admired by the wonders you bring us! Thanks! Andrea Amici

[@chris_1031]

Thank you so much for this video I can’t wait to see more from you guysssss!!!!!!

[@coi2557]

Thanks, very informative.

[@_geck]

Wow, good job dude! very in depth, super cool!

[@emrazum]

loving these lectures, great content!

[@danfromcarniculture943]

Thank you very much for this quality content.

[@mzakri]

thanks for the video for us who couldn't attend the live one

[@neilkennedy4791]

Thank you ! I really enjoyed this, excellent info and very interesting.

[@conorlohman4648]

Thank you so much for this quality content

[@MTechOver9000]

Great video. Thanks Stewart

A beautiful lecture about Heliamphora with lots of details. To do this presentation certainly caused a lot of work to perform because all that what was shown one never con get on the fly. Congratulations! 👍😀

[@markanderson2369]

Amazing! Was so excited when I saw the previous lecture on the tepuis and then this! I own a lot of redfern books, including the lost world book and sarraceniacae of South America, these are my favourite ones. Led me down the path of growing heliamphora! Cheers

[@johnybogdanov]

Thanks Stew! Great overview, and lovely imagery. You’re probably aware by now but the first mention of Heliamphora glabra is Heliamphora elongata as listed in your description. Also H chimantensis hybrid is with pulchella not purpurascens. Thanks for putting this together!!

[@WildStyleStayWild]

Enjoying this 👍💝

[@cesar17801]

Extraordinary I have learned a lot, thanks

[@tiranli8164]

The legend himself!!!!

[@juzen7]

Great video. Keep up the good work. Very informative and I look forward to future videos. Is there a way to buy your 2 books pitcher plants of the old world? They seem to be out of print. Thank you.

[@eden0922]

j'attend votre livre sur les nepenthes de 2020 avec impatience c'est la bible du genre vous faite un excellent travail bravo

[@kellywheeler7194]

I have a number of other carnivorous plants growing in a terrarium or polydarium. If you will with an open top, I'm wondering what is the best substrate for this particular plan and replacement. I have ways to increase humidity and I have fans for air flow. I have a number of South American miniature and micro orchids in it as well. Any recommendations? By the way, love the video very end up great pictures. I think it's fantastic

[@ZongyiYang]

I noticed H. glabra got mentioned twice, once at 6:40 and once at 9:10. Was the first one H. elongata? I would also like to know if golden hairs vs. silver hairs on Heliamphora can be used to identify the species, or if that's just a trait that varies by environmental conditions? One interesting thing is I do see the striping vein pattern on the H. nutans hybrid at 20:12, maybe the illustrators saw a hybrid and colored the stripes a bit more dark than what was seen in reality? I would like to see a H. nutans nectar spoon up close in more detail, as I've seen several pictures of the non-nutans hybrids but it's hard to find an official picture of what the H. nutans nectar spoon should look like.

[@jtch6668]

Hello ! That a fascinating glimpse at the diversity of carnivorous plants ! I was wondering how is it possible to get on there, do you have the right conditions to land an helicopter ?

[@somedude7040]

Thanks for this video. It's my fav Heliamphora videa and in situ video! Would you care elaborate or point at a source where I can find more of the ecology? I think it's very inetersting when you compare the radial adaptation and speciation to the finches of the galapagos islands. I'd like to know WHAT the different species eat: different sizes of ants? Frog poop? Something else? Are some more specialized than others? Any info on this would be greatly appreciated!

[@johnmonash8788]

Excellent video! Was a pleasure to watch. Could I just point out the drawing around 18:16-18:21 when you question if the stripes were a mistake. At 20:12 you show a hybrid nutans in captivity with very similar stripes (not as strong colouring). Is it possible they drew a hyrbid?

[@tifflovesmetal]

Brilliant! How hard are they to grow indoors? Highland conditions?

[@ANTSPlantation]

I grow heliamphoras tooo

[@snapperhead51]

Hi stew a great vid and explanation of the heliamphora ,thanks so much for producing this very informative video ,I do love growing these plants and bearding them cheers

[@bachnhutduong6861]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️!

[@illadelagos8770]

Maybe I missed this in the video, do any of the highland Heliamphoras experience light frosts?

[@kunlin579]

The picture shown at (21:25), is that a possible hybrid between parva and neblinae?

[@kerwinarellano4611]

Can all lowland heliomphoras like heterodoxa, ciliata and minor be grown in outdoor setup? I mean morning sun + shaded in the afternoon? Thanks!

[@zzhou1557]

What are those strap leafed plants?

[@wrimzy100x4]

I have heliamphora pulchella and uncinata😏

[@ANTSPlantation]

I grow heliamphora heteradoxa and minor

[@mariasilviamartinez4558]

É uma Nepenthaceae, mas não sei dizer a espécie correta.

[@PachecoAquarismo]

Portuguese legends your videos please 🇧🇷

[@ANTSPlantation]

8:03 sundews photo bombing

[@michable100]

Some more Drosera on 18:39!

[@ANTSPlantation]

5:53 you are too used to saying nepenthes lol

[@davidmowbray6352]

I think you pronounce heliamphora wrong, there is only one L.

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

“Lost Testicles.” Your pronunciation of “Los Testigos” is pretty bad, lol.

[@Uluwehi_Knecht]

It could be better, but this is an artefact of British English pronunciation where French and Spanish words are generally pronounced with emphasis on the very first syllable, opposite to how the natural emphasis would be in French or Spanish e.g. CA-feh rather than cah-FE for cafe, GAR-age rather than gar-AGE for garage, or BAL-let rather than bal-LET for ballet. In North American English it's the other way around. Funny how language evolves in different places, not unlike how many of these Heliamphora species evolved isolated on these mountain tops!