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Sarracenia alata v rubrioperculata giant stone county mississippi mka20

Sarracenia alata, MK A21

First sighting! These are what we came to see, American Pitcher Plants. They are sprinkled throughout the savanna below the grasses.

Jackson County, MS, July 2015.

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Sarracenia alata, Jasper Co. TX. Still in pretty good shape.

JSA12 Sarracenia Alata “Areolate form, Texas, MK-A23]”

Grown for the North American Sarracenia Conservancy (www.nasarracenia.org) to maintain distinct genetic lineages in cultivation.

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Pale pitcher plants, Texas Freshwater Fisheries, Athens, Henderson County, September 2017

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Yellow fringed orchid and Pale pitcher plant, Letney Bog, Jasper County, August 2017

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The conditions were perfect for pitcher plants along the margins of this ROW. Jasper Co, TX

Kisatchie National Forest, Sept. 2013

Drove to Louisiana by way of Mobile, AL to see a couple pitcher plant bogs around that area. As you can see they were in prime flowering!

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The wasp is drinking nectar produced along the "wing" of the pitcher.

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University of Oxford Botanic Garden, 12 March 2007.

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Pitcher plants, Watson Preserve, Tyler County, July 2012

Carnivorous plant

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just starting to wake up from dormancy.

JSA1 Sarracenia Alata “Angelina County”

from Jasper County, Texas

Sarracenia alata flower

Dissection series

The hood is not fully formed in this individual.

Mobile County, AL

This one had an odd ghostly pastel hue. Sarracenia alata, Jasper Co. TX

Drove to Louisiana by way of Mobile, AL to see a couple pitcher plant bogs around that area. As you can see they were in prime flowering!

Kisatchie National Forest, April 2016. I couldn't have taken a picture from any angle that would have captured how many thousands of pitcher plants were in bloom here. It was definitely a sight to behold.

Another veinless plant.

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www.carnivorasland.com

Pale pitcher plant bog with Grass-pink orchids, Geraldine Watson Preserve, Warren, Tyler County, June 2007