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This Phallic-Appearing Object Is Actually a Living Plant in the Philippines

by Hasan

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Many people couldn’t believe it was a genuine plant when it went viral. That was the case.

Images of a plant known as the ‘penis flytrap’ went viral in March 2019. The name is a pun on the plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), the name of which might be an oblique allusion to the plant’s likeness to human female genitalia.

To begin, here’s what the Venus flytrap looks like.

Photo: Noah Elhardt

Let’s return to the phallic-looking one now. The plant is native to the Philippines and belongs to the Nepenthes genus.

Despite the fact that the image’s provenance (see full version below) is unknown, Snopes conducted a fact check and determined that the shot is genuine and depicts the plant in question. They even inquired about the image with Clinton Morse, the living plant collections manager at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, who responded as follows:

“It is unmistakably a Nepenthes species, and it appears to be a legitimate photograph….” All Nepenthes feature a passive pitfall trap that begins as a closed trap and gradually opens up as the trap matures. The pitchers in the accompanying photograph are just beginning to open, giving them a penile aspect. I’ve never heard them referred to as ‘penis fly traps,’ but it’s a very fair description.”

Growing and growing. Source

As a result, the photographs are most likely of Nepenthes philippinensis, a tropical pitcher plant that is only found in the Philippines. It grows from 0–600 meters (2,000 feet) above sea level in Palawan and the neighboring Calamian Islands (including Busuanga, Coron, and Culion) and Linapacan.

When the pit trap has fully grown and the lid is lifted, the plant becomes less phallic-looking (as opposed to the phase that some critics have dubbed “penile”). According to a 1999 assessment of the genus’ carnivorous habit, the open trap fills with water to entice insects that fall into it, with the plant scavenging the nutrients in the decaying carcasses.

Nepenthes philippinensis in its ‘water trap’ phase. Photo: Alastair Robinson

So, if you travel and discover the highlands and islands of the Philippines, there’s a good possibility you’ll stumble across this plant — in either phase.

But this is something you wouldn’t want to miss:

Or would you?

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