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Another selection from my collection of carnivorous plants. This is a pitcher plant - the pitcher on this one is twice the size of the actual plant. Should snare a few insects in the coming weeks. It looks to me like a section through a heart - perhaps that's just me.
A panoramic composite of some of the tropical Asian pitcher plants I keep at home in a terrarium, the plants are all clones from wild specimens (so that there is zero impact on the wild numbers), the species (from left to right) are Nepenthes glabrata, N. ramispina, N. aristolochioides, N robcantleyi, N. sanguinea (adult), N. spectibilis, N. × hookeriana, N. sanguinea (juvenile), N. fusca, all are tropical highland plants except N. x hookeriana which is a lowland tropical pitcher plant.
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) & Long leaf Pine (Pinus palustris) - Eastern North Carolina, USA
Two iconic plants of the south east, the yellow pitcher plant and longleaf pine. Sarracenia flava is restricted to the eastern coast of the US and has lost much of their habitat, the longleaf pine is wider ranging but has also lost much of its habitat, so much that its listed as endangered. The pitcher plant while remaining listed as least concern has lost 97.5% of its habitat mostly to drainage and development. This is a really interesting ecosystem with 4 types of carnivorous plants, the most obvious of them is the yellow pitcher which can grow up to a meter tall, the others are much more diminutive and hidden in the tall grass. I was very lucky to be able to spend a nice chunk of time wandering around this threatened ecosystem with my camera.
This diptych is of the same plant from two angles. Pitcher's thistle (named after Zena Pitcher, a mid-1800's doctor and naturalist in Michigan) is a Great Lakes endemic that is found in dune areas. It's on the Threatened list. This year in Sturgeon Bay I encountered the most plants I have ever seen, which is a great sign.
This bright exotic Pitcher Plant was just one of a few seen in the green-house at Charles Darwin's House at Down, Kent.
I understand this is the Provincial flower of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
If you look closely, you can see a tiny bug crawling across the top of the plant. I didn't see it, until I processed the image.
Thanks for comments and favs :)
Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida.
I think the treefrog is pine woods treefrog (Hyla femoralis). If not, it is likely squirrel treefrog (Hyla squirella). Field guides say that they are difficult to tell apart unless caught and the concealed pattern on the inside of the thigh is examined. I did not catch this frog to look for that.
I've read that it is not unusual to find treefrogs inside the pitchers of these plants. I did not put it there.
just a pun i made up for this pitcher plant. pitcher plants are carnivorous and evolved to form a cup trap for lured insects. the cup is filled with enzymes that will dissolve the drowned insects which will provide nutrition to feed the plant. these plants are now becoming popular garden plants
You can hear the jangle of horseshoes and the clank of a ringer for blocks in this Surprise, Arizona, resort.
the pitcher had the most amazing tarnish-pattern, however, my boringly-smooth living-room walls did not. So I added the texture to the wall, and then drove myself nuts wondering whether it competed too much with the tarnish on the pitcher! and then I thought, "screw it! i like it anyway".
i created this image after being inspired by www.flickr.com/photos/kevsyd/ who creates the most incredible still-life art.
EXPLORE July 13, 2010. thank you :c )!
In this setup, a pitcher purchased at a thrift store was used along with artificial grapes purchased at Micheal's. A word to the wise: Real grapes are for better to photograph than artificial grapes.
From the Rocking Chair.
Hope you enjoy it.
A plain jane thrift store shelf that I re-did. I painted it a great 60's inspired orange, then backed the shelves with a mod Amy Butler fabric. I scored the Fiestaware pitcher for $2.50 at Good Will.
This pitcher was made in England between 1810 and 1820. It's design shows a Masonic theme. It is displayed at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, which is also the headquarters of the Northern Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite Masonry.
Interesting other names for this pitcher plant.
purple pitcher-plant
flytrap
sidesaddle plant
Huntsman's cup
frog's britches
Browsing the archives.
The pitcher of the pitcher plant is actually a modified leaf. The apex of the leaf is the lid. Pitcher plants catch (get) insects in a cup of liquid. The walls of the cup make nectar (sweet liquid) .
North Carolina Botanical Garden