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Sarracenia purpurea
The purple pitcher plan is a North American carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae, and the only member of its genus inhabiting cold temperate climates. The species was introduced last century in a few protected bog sites in Switzerland, where it has become naturalized.
A protected mountain bog site (les Tenasses), alt. 1250 m ASL. These plants are proliferating there well, possibly at the expense of local swamp species Scheuchzeria palustris.
S. purpurea obtains most of its nutrients through prey capture within the pitcher (pic. 3). Preys drown in rainwater that collects in the base of each leaf.
Spotted on Jun 19, 2012
Submitted on Oct 17, 2012
34 Comments (1–25)
whoa, very nice spotting, danielle, fantastic series!
Thank you ceejayalyssa!
so so pretty!
Belated thanks Mayra!
Wow!!!!! Wonderful!!
Thank you everyone. By coincidence I was a the very same spot this morning, and these plants are still under 50 cm of snow!
Beautiful series Daniele
Super nice closeup, Daniele!
Thanks Sandra!
Beautiful series !!
Thanks Ali and Sachin!
Lovely!
Interesting series,
Thank you Seema!
great shot
Thanks Emma!
lovely!
Thank you Yuko and namitha!
Awesome series spotting. Never seen one like this one. Very pretty pitcher, how deceiving! Nature's miracles.
Amazing view!
Thank you Satyen!
Amazing!
Hi Ashish! This is quite a large flower: each petal is up to 5 cm long when fully open. These flowers are typically nodding (see second shot), and it is the underside of the flower is shown on the first shot.
I just checked in India we have only one pitcher plant in Nepenthaceae family.
What is diameter of this beautiful flower...