Cambodia’s government this month called on tourists to stop harvesting a rare carnivorous plant. – shaped like a human penis – because the species is in danger of extinction.
“Thank you for loving natural resources, but don’t harvest to waste it,” the Environment Ministry posted on Facebook. he is writing.
To illustrate people’s behavior towards plants in a phallic fashion, the government agency shared images of three women “arguing” about pitcher plants (as they’re known in Cambodia). The video, shot on May 11, was published on the video sharing platform Newsflare.
What are “penis plants”?
Some news sites say that the name of the plant is BC. Nepenthes holdenii, correct assignment Nepenthes bokorensisannounced the website live scienceafter interviewing Jeremy Holden, the photographer who first recorded his photos N. halleniiand François Mey, the botanical illustrator who made prints of both species.
Although the two plants look very similar and are found in the nearby Cambodian mountain ranges, they grow in different places. “my plant [N. holdenii] It grows in some secret places in the Cardamom Mountains. this bokorensis Located in the much more accessible Phnom Bokor, which has undergone extensive development in recent years,” explains Holden.
Mey suggests: “If people are interested in posing, taking selfies with plants, even in a playful way, that’s fine, but don’t collect them“He asked for it.
Source: Tec Mundo
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