Sarracenia: Trumpet pitcher plant

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b927 » “Genus name honors Dr. Michael Sarrasin de l’Etang of Quebec who reportedly sent the first pitcher plants to Europe around 1700.

“Pitcher plants are described as carnivorous plants because they trap and kill insects (e.g., flies, ants, beetles, wasps) and similar prey (e.g., mites, spiders) by luring them into trumpet-shaped pitchers (modified leaves) where the insects become trapped and die. Nutrients from the decayed pest bodies are absorbed by the plant as nourishment through special cells located at the base of each pitcher.”

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Sarracenia&rank=genus

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

1 year ago (“Staghorn fern II”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-04-24
2 years ago (“Orchid”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-04-24
3 years ago (“The P&S sputters”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-24
4 years ago (“Cloudy Bay — Ahhhhhh!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-24

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