The underside of the leaves of Nepenthes pongoides are covered in thick, rust-coloured fur, inspiring the team who found the plant in May 2023 to name it after the local Borneo orangutans (Pongo ...

Named after the Orangutan whose scientific term is Pongo, this plant - Nepenthes pongoides, found in the ultramafic mountains in central Sabah, has a striking resemblance to the great ape’s long ...

Manager of Biodiversity Services at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Dr Alastair Robinson, together with a team of Malaysian botanists, discovered a giant, red-haired carnivorous nepenthes ...