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Northern Pitcher Plant at Beulah Bog State Natural Area, WI, 120708. Sarracenia purpurea. Asterids: Ericales: Sarraceniaceae. AKA(Purple Pitcher Plant, Side-saddle Flower).
The deadly Nepenthes -- if you are an insect. A full grown pitcher is in the foreground that awaits its prey while a new leaf unfurls in the background. Alas, this little guy is no more as it was destroyed in my house fire along with all my other plants.
Pretty but deadly - to insects! Seen at the Periyar sanctuary in May 2008.
Compare with Drosera Burmanii:
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Northern Pitcher Plant at Beulah Bog State Natural Area, WI, 120708. Sarracenia purpurea. Asterids: Ericales: Sarraceniaceae. AKA(Purple Pitcher Plant, Side-saddle Flower).
The odd-shaped flowers of the Pitcher-plant. This is a common insectivorous plant growing in fens and bogs. Its hollow pitcher-like leaves are filled with water. Any insects which enter the leaves are unable to escape because of the slippery surface and downward-pointing hairs. The plant then digests and absorbs the nutrients from the insects.
Photographed in the Bruce peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
Northern Pitcher Plant at Volo Bog State Nature Preserve, IL, 120707. Sarracenia purpurea. Asterids: Ericales: Sarraceniaceae. AKA(Purple Pitcher Plant, Side-saddle Flower).
Northern Pitcher Plant at Beulah Bog State Natural Area, WI, 120708. Sarracenia purpurea. Asterids: Ericales: Sarraceniaceae. AKA(Purple Pitcher Plant, Side-saddle Flower).
Dwarf Sundew along Sundew Trail, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX, 100413. Drosera annua. AKA Drosera brevifolia. Core eudicots: Caryophyllales: Droseraceae
Yellow Pitcher Plant along Pitcher Plant Trail, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX, 100414. Sarracenia alata. Sarraceniaceae
Dwarf Sundew along Sundew Trail, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX, 100413. Drosera annua. AKA Drosera brevifolia. Core eudicots: Caryophyllales: Droseraceae
A close-up shot of the insect trapping leaf of a sundew plant (Drosera rotundifolia).
Apparently some insect larvae actually feed on the sticky stalks. I think one such larva may be visible in this photo (see note).
Today we went to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin from 1842 until his death in 1882.
These are some of the carnivorous plants in his greenhouse.
What truly makes Roridula dentata interesting is the symbiotic or mutualistic relationship with the assassin bug Pameridea marlothi, also known as the northern dewstick bug. The Pameridia insects are adapted to move freely through the sticky resin of the Roridula with specialized feet and an exoskeleton covered by a greasy substance that resists the adhesion of the Roridula glue-like secretions. The Pameridia then feeds on insects captured by Roridula and excretes waste products onto the leaf surface that are absorbed into the plant for nutrition.
Equally as interesting, this Pameridia bug lives nowhere else but on the Roridula - an obligate mutualistic relationship. In these images multiple adult bugs are presented along with an immature insect feeding on a captured wasp.