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Cephalotus, Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... the mouth of the Albany pitcher plant has smooth ridges. These point the insect toward the inside of the pitcher. The ridges are smooth, and the insect may lose its footing, slipping into the liquid pool inside the pitcher. Viewed from the top of the pitcher, the ...
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Sarracenia, Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... inside the pitcher (Figure 6), the ant dies and decays, thus releasing the formic acid made by the ant (formic acid results in the nasty stings some ants can cause). The formic acid contributes further to the ...
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Sarracenia - Home Page
... inside The mouth of the pitcher, here a smooth inner surface offers the insects no foothold, and as the insects descend inside the pitcher they invariably lose their grip and fall into the trap. Downward pointing hairs further in the pitcher ...
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Photo_Gallery_Nepenthes
... The pitcher is sealed while it matures. If you hold it up to the light you can see the liquid inside. When it pops open it is very sudden and the peristome, which was inside the pitcher ...
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Pitcher plants purchased at Lowes - Carnivorous Plants Forum - GardenWeb
... are redding up nicely in the sun (espesially the one called the red pitcher plant, hence the name i guess) the one that looks in poorest health is the scarllete belle. RE: Pitcher plants purchased at Lowes ... When I discovered that the store is selling a new shipment of Sarracenia x 'Judith Hindle' again. Already I have bought two plantlets of the same hybrid growing inside the infamous "cubes of ...
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Genus of the Week
... From the Greek "helos", meaning marsh, and "amphora", meaning urn. (a reference to the pitcher-shaped leaves). Some confusion has arisen over the etymology, due to the fact that the Greek ... Pitcher Plants", and are in the same family as the other known Pitcher Plant genera, Sarracenia and Darlingtonia. All species in these genera are carnivorous, trapping insects and other small creatures inside ...
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Common Pitcher Plant
... the others that are available. Pitcher plants are fascinating things. Their leaves form, well, pitchers that hold water. The light reflecting off the water attracts insects that fall inside. The inside of the leaf is covered with downward-pointing hairs and waxy plates that keep the victim from crawling out. The ...
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The New England Carnivorous Plant Society
... Society | November 28, 2006 | Events News & Announcements Calendar & Meetings Information Our mission The Society How to get plants Our photos Helpful links Documents Trades Contact ... inside half 20030621-CP-Charles H. Smitt Greenhouses-bog garden- outside half-Nepenthes, blueberry and cranberry (Vaccinium), Sarracenia (S.flava), D.binata 20030621-CP-Charles H. Smitt Greenhouses-bog garden- pitcher ...
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The New England Carnivorous Plant Society
... Society | November 28, 2006 | Events News & Announcements Calendar & Meetings Information Our mission The Society How to get plants Our photos Helpful links Documents Trades Contact ... inside half 20030621-CP-Charles H. Smitt Greenhouses-bog garden- outside half-Nepenthes, blueberry and cranberry (Vaccinium), Sarracenia (S.flava), D.binata 20030621-CP-Charles H. Smitt Greenhouses-bog garden- pitcher ...
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Plant Delights Nursery -- Building a Pitcher Plant Bog
... one inside your bog, let the high end be closest to your faucet. The high end is called the source. That is where the soaker hose is buried for watering your bog. The low end is the ... be planted the same way as the pitcher plants. Remove the plant from the tray or pot and gently loosen the roots so they extend their full length. The length of the extended roots equals the depth of the hole ...
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