Baby Pitcher has gone "loopy".
This Nepanthes "Pitcher Plant" was purchased from Walmart about 5 months ago and since then has tripled in size. It is a fascinating plant. Each leaf ends with a stem and produces an individual pitcher which grows to about 6 inches in length. Water collects in the pitchers and gets mixed with the plant's enzymes. When an unsuspecting insect falls into the pitcher he cannot escape and becomes plant food. Usually the pitcher is formed on the tip of straight stems emerging from the leaf, but this little guy has a loop and then a pitcher.
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