Northern Pitcher-plant (Purple Pitcher-plant)
Sarracenia purpurea
This is a carnivorous plant. Insects become trapped in the pitcher-like leaves. The insects are then digested, and the nutrients used by the plants.
So in an early post from last summer, I told the story
(here) of my idea of getting wasps in the solarium to eat the aphids. I had also gotten a northern pitcher plant to help with the aphid problem.
Today I wondered why the leaves that ate the wasps died. I snipped off the largest one. (I'm thinking it's not coming back to life this summer.)
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See? It's still green at the bottom. |
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The Dissection! |
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OHHH! Check out all those bugs!!! |
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I can even see lady bugs in there!!! |
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AH HA!!! There is a clog! Can you see that wasp??? The head is way down there not attached to the body. And that's where the green part starts! Amazing. Is there Metamucile for Pitcher Plants? :-)
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So---I may have to try to wash the other one out to see if I can unclog it and save the leaf! I learn something new every day!
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