• Question: Hello, What is the rarest species of plant by that i mean with the least number of actual plants.

    Asked by Happy Guy to Kylie, Matt, Bex, RobB, Sam on 13 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kylie Belchamber

      Kylie Belchamber answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi Donald (if that is your real name!)

      I had to look this up, as it is not my area of expertise, but I discovered Attenborough’s pitcher plant (named after David Attenborough). It is only found on the summit of Mount Victoria in the Philippines. There are thought to be only a few hundred of them.
      Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that trap animals in liquid-filled bowls called pitchers, and this is so big that it can catch insects and rats! It is a plant that eat rats!!

    • Photo: Matt Dunn

      Matt Dunn answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi Mr Trump,

      It’s just as Kylie says, the pitcher plant is certainly very rare! Here’s a list of more of them if you’re interested:

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141121-the-rarest-plants-in-the-world

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