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The Monkey Cup Garden is one of the newest attractions on Penang Hill. A garden specializing in pitcher plants or Nepenthes, it was started on 20 November, 2011 by an ardent pitcher plant enthusiast. The pitcher plant is often called monkey cup due to the notion that monkeys are fond of drinking from the pitchers. They are carnivorous plants with mechanisms to trap prey, mostly insects.
The cool climate of Penang Hill is ideal for setting up this exotic garden. The Monkey Cup Garden attempts to faithfully recreate the habitat of pitcher plants, some of which are found growing among mosses. Other plants found in the pitcher plant ecology, such as ferns, orchids and shrubs are also planted.
Pitcher plant at Monkey Cup Garden, Penang Hill (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
According to the Monkey Cup Garden poster, it has about a hundred different species of pitcher plants whose distribution cover Southeast Asia, North Australia, South China, the Seychelles and Madagascar.
Those who are interested in pitcher plants should pay a visit to the Monkey Cup Garden as soon as possible, while the place is still so well maintained, and the pitcher plants are at their prime condition. Apart from the Nepenthes, other carnivorous plants are also grown here including the Venus Flytrap and the Sarracenia. Enthusiasts can also purchase pitcher plants at the garden shop. Books and other material related to pitcher plants are also on sale.
On this page I showcase some of the photos my wife and I shot there.
A Nepenthes pitcher with a pronounced lip or peristome (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
Getting there
The garden is located about 1.5 km from the Penang Hill Police Station. Those walking from there can reach the garden in about half an hour. There are signages to tell you how far still to cover. To reach the garden, take the path off Jalan Tuanku Yahya Petra in front of Moy Craig.The pre-launch promotional entrance fee to the Monkey Cup Garden is RM5.00. The garden is open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Contact
Monkey Cup GardenJalan Tuanku Yahya Petra,
Penang Hill, Penang
Email: monkeycup.pghill@gmail.com
Pitcher at the Monkey Cup Garden, Penang Hill (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
Nepenthes sumatrana, Monkey Cup Garden (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
View inside a pitcher, Monkey Cup Garden (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
A couple of brown pitchers, Monkey Cup Garden (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
Venus Flytrap, Monkey Cup Garden (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
Sarracenia, a pitcher plant from North America, Monkey Cup Garden (26 January, 2012)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
  
   
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