Photograph by Susan Bello.
Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Sarracenia purpurea -- pitcher plant blossom, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
7 Comments
Henry J · 22 February 2010
Pitcher plant? Oh the pour thing!
Wheels · 22 February 2010
Funny, they could more accurately be described as catcher plants.
fnxtr · 22 February 2010
You're a litte pun gent today, wheels.
Henry J · 22 February 2010
In software terms, maybe these are systems for debugging the ecosystem.
gabriel · 22 February 2010
Is it worth a thousand words?
Nickp · 23 February 2010
Pedantry: What the photograph actually shows is the immature fruit and persistent sepals, after the petals and stamens have withered and fallen off. I wouldn't call it a blossom any more than I'd call a green apple and apple blossom.
Darren Garrison · 23 February 2010
Here's a shot I made years ago of the same structure (but possibly a definite Sarracenia species, I had multiple species) featuring a crab spider with a joyful abdomen:
7 Comments
Henry J · 22 February 2010
Pitcher plant? Oh the pour thing!
Wheels · 22 February 2010
Funny, they could more accurately be described as catcher plants.
fnxtr · 22 February 2010
You're a litte pun gent today, wheels.
Henry J · 22 February 2010
In software terms, maybe these are systems for debugging the ecosystem.
gabriel · 22 February 2010
Is it worth a thousand words?
Nickp · 23 February 2010
Pedantry: What the photograph actually shows is the immature fruit and persistent sepals, after the petals and stamens have withered and fallen off. I wouldn't call it a blossom any more than I'd call a green apple and apple blossom.
Darren Garrison · 23 February 2010
Here's a shot I made years ago of the same structure (but possibly a definite Sarracenia species, I had multiple species) featuring a crab spider with a joyful abdomen:
http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll394/darrengarrison/nature/laughspider.jpg
And, another day, (the same?) spider having lunch in the pitcher of a Sarracenia leukophilia:
http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll394/darrengarrison/nature/flydeath.jpg