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Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)

Pitcher plant; Nepenthes reinwardtiana; in rain forest of Borneo (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Pitcher plant; Nepenthes reinwardtiana; in rain forest of Borneo

(Indonesia)

Nepenthes rafflesiana; a large pitcher plant commonly found in swampy forests of Borneo (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes rafflesiana; a large pitcher plant commonly found in swampy forests of Borneo

(Indonesia)

Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

(Indonesia)


American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)


Pitcher plant in Borneo; light green in color (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Pitcher plant in Borneo; light green in color

(Indonesia)


Flowers of the carnivorous American trumpet plant



Venus flytraps



Open jaws of the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) form the southeastern United States



Mouth of a red Nepenthes pitcher plant from southeast Asia


Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants
Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants

(Malaysia)


American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



The snap traps of the Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.


Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)

Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants
Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants

(Malaysia)


Close up on the mouth of a Fuchsia-colored Sarracenia (?) trumpet plant



Yellow trumpet plants (Sarracenia flava) from the southeastern United States



Fly caught in a red sundew (Drosera capensis); a carnivorous plant



Pitcher Plants in Venezuela

(Venezuela)


American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)


Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)

Striped pitcher plant
Striped pitcher plant

(Malaysia)


Canivorous yellow trumpet plant (Sarracenia flava)



Closeup on the leaves and tentacles of the carnivorous Sundew (Drosera capensis)


Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant

(Indonesia)


Green Venus flytraps


Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)


Purple pitcher plant (Saracenia pupurea)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)


Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)


Nepenthes pitcher plant



Asian pictcher plant



Nepenthes pitcher plant


Light green pitcher plant in Borneo (closeup) (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Light green pitcher plant in Borneo (closeup)

(Indonesia)


Nepenthes sanguinia pitcher plant



Nepenthes pitcher plant



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Closeup on the leaves and tentacles of the Red Sundew (Drosera capensis)


Nepenthes rafflesiana; a large pitcher plant found in kerangas and peat swamp forests of Borneo (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes rafflesiana; a large pitcher plant found in kerangas and peat swamp forests of Borneo

(Indonesia)


Nepenthes pitcher plant


Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)


Pinguicula bladderwort species with trapped insects



Nepenthes pitcher plant



Venus flytraps



Venus flytraps


Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest

(Indonesia)

Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

(Indonesia)

Giant Raffles' Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)
Giant Raffles' Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

(Malaysia)

Giant Raffles' Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)
Giant Raffles' Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

(Malaysia)


Pitcher plant (Sarracenia sp.) from the eastern United States


Entomologist showing how ants are trapped in the Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Entomologist showing how ants are trapped in the Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)


Yellow trumpet plants (Sarracenia flava)



Blossom of a Sarracenia pitcher plant



Nepenthes pitcher plant


Nepenthes rafflesiana; a red and green pitcher plant  (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes rafflesiana; a red and green pitcher plant

(Indonesia)

Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plant
Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plant

(Malaysia)


Nepenthes pitcher plant



Canivorous yellow pitcher plants



Pitcher plants



Yellow trumpet plant (Sarracenia flava) from the southeastern U.S.



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Nepenthes with orchid in foreground



The carnivorous venus fly trap



Purple pitcher plant (Saracenia pupurea)


Many Nepenthes mirabilis pitcher plants
Many Nepenthes mirabilis pitcher plants

(Malaysia)


Pitcher plants



Nepenthes pitcher plant



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Fly caught in the sticky tentacles of a red sundew (Drosera capensis)



Nepenthes pitcher plant from SE Asia



Cobra Lily (Darlingtonia californica) in northern California


Pitcher plant; Nepenthes rafflesiana; positioned on the forest floor (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Pitcher plant; Nepenthes rafflesiana; positioned on the forest floor

(Indonesia)


Fuchsia-colored Sarracenia (?) trumpet plant



Flower of the carnivorous Pinguicula bladderwort species


Nepenthes mirabilis
Nepenthes mirabilis

(Malaysia)


Sarracenia trumpet plant


Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)



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