Sarracenia 2

Sarracenia 2

30 x 40 cm, © 2022, price on request
Two-dimensional | Photography | Digital processed

In the Inverewe Gardens on the West Coast of Scotland we spot these carnivorous plants, the Sarracenia, or Trumpet Pitcher, which is indigenous on the eastern seaboard of the US and southeastern Canada, the Great Lakes area and Texas. Sarracenia’s leaves have evolved into a funnel or pitcher shape in order to trap insects. It attracts its insect prey with secretions from extrafloral nectaries on the lip of the pitcher leaves, in combination with the leaves' bright color and scent. Slippery footing at the pitcher's rim, causes insects to fall inside, where they die and are digested by the plant with proteases and other enzymes