Monday, July 13, 2009

Sarracenia Purpurea


10.5 x 7.5 inches, watercolor, 2009.

One of the carnivorous plants from my collection, this is Sarracenia Purpurea, or the purple pitcher plant. The leaves grow in a rosette and form pitchers with flared collars that catch rain water. The nside of the leaves have small downward-pointing wet hairs which insects slide down to drown in the water below. The plants then take nutrition from the insects.

3 comments:

Joyfulartist said...

Beautifully done! I've always wanted on of those.

Theresa Taylor Bayer said...

Love the texture on this one.

Hillary Miller said...

delicious form and color!