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Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. Wikipedia
Probably the best I've seen these fascinating plants.
taken at Planting Fields Arboretum...
Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher plants are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown their prey with nectar.
I think this is a Sarracenia. It's a pitcher plant, a so-called carnivorous plant, in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The green and red structure in the lower left is a pitcher. Small animals can fall into the pitcher and are trapped, and absorbed, They help furnish nutrients for the plant. The structure in the photo is a flower. It's upside down, with the sepals on top, and the larger petals below them.
I am pleased to be the curator of a Gallery of photos of pitcher plants, by other photographers.
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Tropical Pitcher Plant, Nepenthes sp. (Nepenthaceae) at Oxford Botanical Garden
"The trap contains a fluid of the plant's own production, which may be watery or more viscous, and is used to drown the prey. This fluid contains viscoelastic biopolymers that may be crucial to the retention of insects within the traps of many species. The trapping efficiency of this fluid remains high, even when significantly diluted by water, as inevitably happens in wet conditions.
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." (Wikipedia)
I really love this pitcher that I treated myself to, last Christmas. It was handmade by the very talented Heather Lake, of MadeMud Pottery Studio in Fort Langley, BC, Canada.
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Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of pitcher plant are considered to be "true" pitcher plants and are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown the prey with nectar. Wikipedia
The Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea), or Northern Pitcher Plant is the only species of pitcher plant in Canada, and one of the 18 species of carnivorous plant species in the country. When in bloom, its nodding, burgundy-coloured flowers are pretty easy to spot in the wild, although its growing conditions are highly specialized. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.