猪笼草是一种食虫植物,在科普读物中常有介绍,本文仅作一点补充。植物分类学上,猪笼草是一个小科,共10余种和变种,多数分布在东南亚湿地或沼泽。我国粤、桂、海南只产一种。我在新会、台山、中山曾见到有野生种,它生长在低丘陵山脚梯田上部的排水沟里,沟里铁锈水长流不息,植株非常零乱,作攀援状,全株并不具观赏价值。它性喜阳光、水湿、强酸性粘土,土质非常贫瘠,野生环境下,小昆虫多,有利于捕食为营养,因而生长茂密。它与今 Nepenthes is a carnivorous plant, often introduced in popular books, this article only for a little supplement. Plant taxonomy, Nepenthes is a small section, a total of more than 10 species and varieties, most of the distribution in wetlands or swamps in Southeast Asia. China’s Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan produce only one. I had seen wild species in Xinhui, Taishan, and Zhongshan. They grew in the gutters in the upper part of the terraces of low hilly terrain. The rusty water continued to flow in the ditch. The plant was very messy and clinging. The whole plant did not have ornamental value. It is like the sun, water wet, strong acid clay, soil is very barren, wild environment, small insects, is conducive to predation for nutrition, and thus grow dense. It and today