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Trumpet Pitcher
Sarracenia species
5.44786, 100.231
Field Notes
Description:
Sarracenia is a genus of carnivorous plants indigenous to the eastern seaboard, Texas, the Great Lakes area and southeastern Canada, with most species occurring only in the south-east United States (only S. purpurea occurs in cold-temperate regions). The plant's leaves have evolved into a funnel in order to trap insects, digesting their prey with proteases and other enzymes.
Habitat:
Sarracenia tend to inhabit permanently wet fens, swamps, and grassy plains. Frequently, the soil will be poor in nutrients, particularly nitrates, and often continuously leached by moving water or made unavailable to the plant roots by the low pH. The plants gain their advantage from their ability to extract nutrients from insect prey in this mineral-poor environment. The plants prefer strong, direct sunlight with no shade.
Notes:
Spotted in the Monkey Cup Garden @ Penang Hill, Malaysia.
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