said the pitcher plant, I have stories to tell you

Quite a rosette of basal pitchers, with one flower, not yet open. A few were already opening at another site.

Pinguicula caerulea

(Blue butterwort)

I found a couple of these in bloom also including this one.

My first fieldtrip to Shaken Creek Preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy located near Maple Hill, NC. There was about 25 people who attended. We visited two sites and saw many great plants..

Funny that these carnivorous pitcher plants just off a trail that I bike several time a week were pointed out to me by a couple of tourists from Michigan.

Funny that these carnivorous pitcher plants just off a trail that I bike several time a week were pointed out to me by a couple of tourists from Michigan.

Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes villosa)

Photo by Jack Sandow, taken along route 122 near Gogdell, GA