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When I visited the Green Swamp in early May, I saw flowers of Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava), but all of them were mature and had lost their petals. However, parts of the flower persist long after the petals are gone. Viewed from the backside, you can see 5 large yellow sepals, and above that are 3 small bracts.
Location: The Green Swamp near Wilmington, North Carolina
Cross created by Brooks Garcia.
Seed grown by Robert Co.
I really like the long angler type appendage on this plant. ;)
Carnivorous Plants (Sarraceniaceae family) / May, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2007 William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.
Yellow Pitcherplant "red tube" (Sarracenia flava f. red tube)
Rural Habersham Co., GA (Carnivorous Plant Collection)
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Nepenthes albomarginata T. Lobb ex Lindl. Nepentheceae. CN: [Malay - generically referred to as Periuk kera], Pitcher plant. Distribution - Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. In Peninsular Malaysia restricted in the hill and mountains in the west coasts states - common on Penang Hill, Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Gunung Ledang, Johor, Gunung Bubu, Perak. Slender terrestrial climber up to ca 2 (-10) m with a distinctive white band on the pitcher. N. albomarginata is notable for specializing in luring and trapping termites. This specialization to a single prey taxon is unique amongst carnivorous plants by luring the preys to feed the trichomes directly below the peristome.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Malayan Forest Records No. 40 Vol. 3
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?431409
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_albomarginata
(Sarracenia leucophylla). Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park, Florida. A wasp assumes a precarious position on this striking carnivorous plant. This species has a very restricted range in the extreme southeast.