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Pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica) at Darlingtonia Wayside 5 miles north of Florence, Oregon. And about
1 mile east of the Pacific Ocean.
the tall stems permit the carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) to get pollinated by the insects that may later fall victim to the pitchers below... Purbeck, Dorset
Parrot's Beak Pitcherplant Sarracenia psittacina at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR Gautier, Mississippi.
A colony of Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor), growing in a marshy location. Photographed in Charlton County, Georgia along GA-252 northeast of Folkston.
Most of the non-native pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) on the Dorset heathland have died, either as a result of herbicide or - perhaps more likely - last year's very dry weather. Plenty of their corpses lying around.
The Gulf Sweet Pitcherplant can be found growing as a floating emergent in small streams in the Florida panhandle. At this particular site, the plants grow in a small spring run.
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
The pitcher plants I found these flies on are Sarracenia flava, aka The pitcher plants I found these flies on are Sarracenia flava, aka the Trumpet-Leaf Pitcher Plant. This was the dominant type in the area of the savannah I was in. I believe I may have seen a few examples of S. leucophylla, aka the White Top Pitcher-Plant, as well, though I may have been fooling myself. The savannah is composed of a shallow layer of sand on top of a clay layer a few feet below the surface. This creates a perched water table and marshy conditions. Although the surface soil appears rich in organic material, it is nutrient poor. Thus insectivorous plants like the pitcher plants do best here receiving nutrients from hapless insects trapped in their "pitchers.”
Canon M6 Mark II; Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 macro 172E (a circa 1980s film-era lens that still works good; it's my go anywhere, do anything macro lens. It has takin' a lickin' but keeps on clickin'!); Tamron 1.4x Tele-Extender. Natural light.
May 25, 2020; Liberty County; Apalachicola National Forest, Florida.
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All of the years it was growing in the garden, no blooms. I seems to prefer cool winter basement instead of frozen winter garden in northern NJ.
A group of Whitetop Pitcherplant (Sarracenia leucophylla) growing along the Bear Lake Trail in the Blackwater River State Forest, Florida.
From the forest's wiki page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_River_State_Forest
The forest covers 189,848 acre (768 km²) forest is located in the panhandle, northeast of Pensacola. Blackwater River State Forest is one of the largest state forests in Florida, and is named for the Blackwater River, which begins to the north in Alabama and meanders approximately 30 miles (48 km) southwestward through the forest into Blackwater Bay, near Milton, Florida. Blackwater River is one of the few shifting sand bottom streams which remains in its natural state for nearly its entire length. The topography of the forest is gently rolling and contains various natural communities. Blackwater River State Forest is known for its longleaf pine/wiregrass ecosystem, which, in combination with the Conecuh National Forest to the north and Eglin Air Force Base to the south, is the largest contiguous ecological community of this type in the world.
The Gulf Sweet Pitcherplant can be found growing as a floating emergent in small streams in the Florida panhandle. At this particular site, the plants grow in a small spring run.
Pitcher plant / nepenthes
Aquatic Plants Gallery, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
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This is a Nepenthes hybrid Tropical Pitcher Plant that I saw in the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens on March 31, 2010.
It is a carnivorous plant with long tendrils. At the end of the tendrils, the pitcher forms. The pitcher starts as a small bud and gradually expands to form a globe- or tube-shaped trap.
The trap contains a fluid of the plant's own production, which may be watery or syrupy and is used to drown the prey.
The lower part of the trap contains glands which absorb nutrients from captured prey. Along the upper inside part of the trap is a slick waxy coating which makes the escape of its prey nearly impossible.
Surrounding the entrance to the trap is a structure called the peristome (the "lip") which is slippery and often quite colorful, attracting prey but offering an unsure footing.
Above the peristome is a lid (the operculum): in many species this keeps rain from diluting the fluid within the pitcher.
Charismatic pitcher plants near the Oregon Coast.
Darlingtonia, also known as cobra lily, cobra orchid... though they are neither orchid nor lily nor cobra.
They thrive in this rainy season and share their small boggy patch with grasses, ferns, and swamp lanterns. Their trick is to lure insects up into their eaves with sweet-smelling nectar, and passively trap the insects in their disorienting twisted internal tube, confusing them further with translucent skylights at the top.
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea), one of several species of Sarracenia found in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, North Carolina.
This species is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. There are 3 main colour forms - red, green and black. The red one form, such as the one seen above, can be found in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The name 'albomarginata' refers to the white stripe below the rim of the pitcher that is evident in all colour forms. Photographed at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Netherlands.
clone A is to the right in the foreground (wide mouth, huge lid), and clone AxB is to the left in the background (taller, slender shape).
Location: Borneo
Upper branch/plant due to the elongated pitcher shape.
A hairy pitchers, stem and leaves found in montane forest. Discovered first in Maliau Basin, Sabah.
I was trying my hand at landscapes with the new lens. I would not have thought to try shooting at something close. I think this turned out to be an interesting picture and will have to experiment more.
I'm not sure if this flower is Sarracenia purpurea or S. rosea. I think both species were present in the area I was shooting. The other plants and grasses were pretty tall. In the background you can see part of a pitcher, as well as a type of sundew called the Gulf Sundew or Dew Threads. Those are the light-colored stems. I'll be posting more of those, especially the pretty pink flowers.
Pitcher plants at RHS Rosemoor in Devon. The little streaks on the right are stray drops from a nearby fountain.
Sarracenia sp.
Pitcher plants on Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Pitcher plants grow on poor soils and obtain some nutrients by attracting insects and trapping them in the pitcher. Once trapped insects fall into digestive enzymes at the bottom of the plant.