Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
A non-broadcast documentary (made just for fun) filmed during a 2013 expedition in search of Nepenthes paniculata, a carnivorous pitcher plant that had been lost to science and remained unknown for over 80 years.
In this 32 minute film, Stewart McPherson travels with a team of Nepenthes expert friends to the heart of New Guinea – one of the last great wildernesses on the planet – to explore a little-known range of mountains in search of the lost species. Along the way, we witness New Guinea’s extraordinary cultural heritage, as well as amazing ant-plants, orchids and many species of little-known Nepenthes, and finally rediscover the lost species.
This expedition was undertaken in partnership with Holger Gossner, Thomas Gronemeyer, David Marwinski, Marius Micheler, Joachim Nerz, Andreas Wistiba amd Urs Zimmermann, with supporting film footage contributed by Alastair S. Robinson, Jeremiah Harris and Greg Bourke.
A non-broadcast documentary (made just for fun) filmed during a 2013 expedition in search of Nepenthes paniculata, a carnivorous pitcher plant that had been lost to science and remained unknown for over 80 years.
In this 32 minute film, Stewart McPherson travels with a team of Nepenthes expert friends to the heart of New Guinea – one of the last great wildernesses on the planet – to explore a little-known range of mountains in search of the lost species. Along the way, we witness New Guinea’s extraordinary cultural heritage, as well as amazing ant-plants, orchids and many species of little-known Nepenthes, and finally rediscover the lost species.
This expedition was undertaken in partnership with Holger Gossner, Thomas Gronemeyer, David Marwinski, Marius Micheler, Joachim Nerz, Andreas Wistiba amd Urs Zimmermann, with supporting film footage contributed by Alastair S. Robinson, Jeremiah Harris and Greg Bourke.
