Sarracenia purpurea

Posted 19 May 2014 by

Photograph by Matthew Opel. Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea -- purple pitcher plant, growing in a floating sphagnum bog in Tolland County, Connecticut.

7 Comments

ksplawn · 19 May 2014

If I were an insect, I'd be terrified.

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 19 May 2014

If we just had much larger versions of the same we'd likely be rid of a whole lot of creationists.

Glen Davidson

fnxtr · 19 May 2014

Gorgeous.

KlausH · 19 May 2014

I have never seen wild pitcher plants or venus flytraps. I have come across sundews in Michigan.

DanHolme · 20 May 2014

This is a gorgeous picture, really smashing. How big do these plants get? I've only ever seen the anemic looking potted ones in garden centres, which clearly don't match their wild relatives.

Red Right Hand · 20 May 2014

Off-topic, but of possible interest...

Judge John Jones just declared Pennsylvania's law banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

https://me.yahoo.com/a/yCTZpzcvy5VbV7c0LbBGC2F26tKI#9a762 · 20 May 2014

Provincial flower of Newfoundland and Labrador.