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Polite Pitcher Plants
This is a photo of a pitcher plant I found here on the carnivorous plant reserve of UNCW. This is actually a photo of the flower which has grown far above the base of the plant that contains the "pitchers" which hold rainwater that dissolves poor insect that fall inside. The plant then absorbs the liquid, which makes it carnivorous. The flowers grow so much higher than the base of the plant so that it does not consume its pollinators, so the mutualistic relationship between the pollinator insects and the pitcher plants is able to thrive.
Polite Pitcher Plants
This is a photo of a pitcher plant I found here on the carnivorous plant reserve of UNCW. This is actually a photo of the flower which has grown far above the base of the plant that contains the "pitchers" which hold rainwater that dissolves poor insect that fall inside. The plant then absorbs the liquid, which makes it carnivorous. The flowers grow so much higher than the base of the plant so that it does not consume its pollinators, so the mutualistic relationship between the pollinator insects and the pitcher plants is able to thrive.