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

Mobile County, AL

Mobile County, AL

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(Calopogon tuberosus). Tyler County Texas. Blooming amid pale pitcher plants (Sarracenia alata).

Just one of a dozen or so early bloomers in a field of hundreds if not thousands of plants. Jasper County, TX.

I liked how this one seemed to be holding the pine needles up between its petals.

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Pale Pitcher Plant along Pitcher Plant Trail, Tyler Co., TX, 150314. Sarracenia alata, Asterids: Ericales: Sarraceniaceae. AKA Pale trumpet.

Carnivorous Plants (Sarraceniaceae family) / April, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2006 William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.

Pale Pitcherplant (Sarracenia alata)

Rural Habersham Co., GA (Carnivorous Plant Collection)

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The dried dehisced pod of a pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata.

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Newton County TX, March 2015. This is a bog that has been through a lot but to date hosts the tallest measured pitcher plant in Texas (which is not, I should mention, the photographed plant).

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Here's a closer view from the bog.

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Pale pitcher plant, Gus Engeling WMA, Anderson County, July 2021

Photo credit: Elizabeth Parks

There were many color variations of plants in the bog.

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Most forms of Sarracenia alata are entirely green. This specimen, however, isn't.

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Deep East Texas.

A high quality wetland pine savanna with Calopogon tuberosus, Aletris aurea, Sarracenia alata, and other plants typical of seepage areas.

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A robust stand of pitchers.

Pale pitcher plant, Pitcher Plant Trail, Turkey Creek Unit, Big Thicket National Preserve, Tyler County, April 2016

In the foreground I have a giant Sarracenia alata and a couple of S.flava. Even in cultivation flava flowers literally smell like piss. There's no way to sugarcoat it.

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Pale pitcher plants, Texas Freshwater Fisheries, Athens, Henderson County, September 2012