Pitcher Plants
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PITCHER PLANTS, in botany, the name given to plants in which the leaves bear pitcher-like structures or are pitcher-like in form.
Pitcher Plant
Pitcher Plant
West Fern Lake, BWCAW, 1994
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Pitcher Plant
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any of several insectivorous plants with leaves adapted for trapping insects. Each leaf forms a “pitcher," a somewhat trumpet-shaped enclosure, usually containing a liquid.
The top of the Pitcher plant has downward pointing bristles to make it difficult to leave once an insect has landed. Further down the insides of the pitcher become very smooth, and the plant exudes a sticky nectar.
Pitcher plants "eat" insects by luring them into a specialized, cylindrical leaf (the pitcher) using a combination of nectar, sweet scent, and conspicuous coloration.
Pitcher Plants have tubular, vase-like leaves that hold water to drown insects. Brilliant colors and nectar help to attract insects in some species.
Pitcher Plant
Botanical: Sarracenia purpurea (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Sarraceniaceae
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Sweet Pitcher Plant
Sarraceniaceae
Sarracenia purpurea, or Sweet Pitcher Plant, is an evergreen, perennial pitcher plant native to the Eastern United States.
Hooded pitcher plant is listed as a Threatened Plant in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act.
Sarracenia flava
( Yellow Pitcher Plant )
Variable perennial with straight, yellowish green pitchers that reach 12 to 36 inches long. Round mouths with raised lids have red veins -- ideal for catching prey. Yellow pendent flowers bloom in spring.
Insects that enter the leaf eventually drown, providing the pitcher plants with important nutrients. The tiny sundews also shown in this poster are also carnivorous and trap insects on the surface of their sticky leaves.
All pitcher plants need a very gentle overhead watering. The Veined Purple needs overhead watering more than most, since it is not apt to be able to catch food if its pitchers are empty of water.
Parrot Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia psittacina) - Georgia state threatened species.
Hanging Pitcher Plant
Nepenthes species
An unusual find, this hanging pitcher plant grows upright producing thick arching mid-green leaves which are tipped with large hanging pitchers reaching 8"H. Grow in sphagnum moss and keep moist.
Pitcher plants are becoming rarer every year as more and more of their habitat is drained for development or polluted by human activity.
Propagation of Pitcher Plants Through Division
Propagation of pitcher plants through division is easy with these tips, learn how to care. More
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Sarracenia (Purple Pitcher Plant, Yellow Pitcher Plant, Cobra Lily)
Saxifraga (Saxifrage)
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Common pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Common sundew, round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
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How to Feed Venus Fly Traps & Pitcher Plants
Carnivorous plants get their nutrients from small insects instead of from the soil. Venus flytraps and pitcher plants both have modified parts that produce a sweet nectar that attracts the insects.… ...
Newfoundland and Labrador - The Pitcher Plant was officially declared as the provincial flower in 1954 but had appeared on the colony's coinage as early as the 1880s.
Nombres relacionados: California Pitcher Plant (inglés), California pitcherplant (inglés), Sarracena (castellano), Sarraceniaceae (familia).
Usada en la Terapia floral californiana.
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Pitfall - The most common of these are "Pitcher Plants" pictured at the top of this page. Nectar in and around the pitcher attracts the insects. They enter and fall in.
Sarracenia wrigleyana
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Scarlet belle pitcher plant
Carnivorous aquatic (marginal) plant. A must to have for every pond.
A dozen volunteers with the Nature Conservancy, which manages the 16,000-acre Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County, North Carolina, replanted more than 900 Venus flytraps and 500 purple pitcher plants that had been seized from poachers.
Insectivorous plants: These live in places where their roots cannot obtain sufficient nutrients, so they have developed parts to trap and digest insects. The Venus Fly Trap and the Pitcher Plant are good examples.
 See also: Orchid, Bells, Iris, Lady, Banana
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