{"title":"Carnivorous Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore our unique selection of carnivorous pond plants including Pitcher Plants, Sarracenia, and Sundew. A fascinating addition to any water garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"purple-pitcher-sarracenia-purpurea","title":"Purple Pitcher - Sarracenia purpurea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pitcherplant is a perennial forb that spreads by short rhizomes. Plants form an open, spreading rosette of green leaves. The leaves are often tinged or veined with purple, and can grow to 30 cm in length. The plants flower in mid-spring, producing a solitary flower at the top of a scape 20 – 40 cm tall. The flower resembles a thick, flat disc ringed with dark, maroon petals. The plants are most noted, however, for the hollow, gibbous leaves, or pitchers, that give the plant its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pitchers trap and digesting flying and crawling insects, making the species one of the few carnivorous plants in North America. The hollow pitchers fill naturally with rainwater. The pitchers also have broad lips where insects land. The insects crawl into the pitcher, where stiff, downward pointing hairs prevent them from leaving. Anecdotal evidence suggests pitchers capture less than one percent of the flies that venture into their traps, but a few insects eventually fall into the water at the base of the pitcher, where digestive enzymes secreted by the plant release the nutrients within the insects. Eventually, the nutrients are absorbed by the plant, which supplements the nutrients absorbed by the roots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription from\u003c\/span\u003e: USDA\/Forest Service\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto by: Gary Kauffman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"In Store Pick Up Only","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34062540963899,"sku":"024440","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0349\/7738\/2459\/products\/purple-pitcher-plant.jpg?v=1595948389"},{"product_id":"yellow-pitcherplant-or-trumpets-sarracenia-flava","title":"Yellow Pitcherplant, or Trumpets (Sarracenia flava)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Robin Mackie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarracenia flava\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of our tallest pitcher plants, a member of the genus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarracenia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewhich contains 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants. Named after D.Sarrazin, a 17th century botanist of Quebec, most species in the genus (with the exception of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarracenia purpurea\u003c\/em\u003e) occur only in the southeastern United States. They have simple nodding flowers and leaves modified as hollow pitchers, which function to passively trap insects, luring them with nectar, then digesting them or drowning them with fluids, later to be absorbed by the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe habitat of trapping insects in modified leaves or trumpets is thought to have been developed in response to the nutrient-poor soil conditions of wet or frequently flooded areas typical of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. This method of trapping is \"passive\" in that the plant does not close to eat its prey. Insect prey are lured into the slippery waxy portion of the upper pitcher tube by nectar, then slide down a coating of ultra-fine, downward point hairs, hitting the digestive enzymes, and into a zone which readily absorbs nutrients with digestive fluids. Although amphibians often use the pitchers as refugia, the paralyzing agent coniine has been isolated in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eS.flava\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efluids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEasily distinguished from other pitcher plants by their tall, upright, yellow green or sometime red-veined pitchers (up to 3 foot tall), trumpet pitchers have large, broadly reniform hoods which lack white patches (windows), and arch widely over the column. The narrow base of the hood has sides that roll back until nearly touching, and often exhibit a maroon spot on the inside of the column. Large yellow, 5-parted flowers appear from April to May, have an unpleasant 'cat-pee' like odor, and are held singly on long stems above the pitchers to avoid trapping of potential pollinators. The fruit forms in 5 lobes and takes 5 months to mature, splitting to scatter 300-600 seeds which are 1.5-2mm in length, and have a rough, waxy coat for dispersal by water. New\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSarracenia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplants usually germinate in spring and immediately begin building tiny pitchers, which in subsequent years become larger as the plant grows. 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