Sharing random things on my day off.


This is a carnivorous pitcher plant. Actually it’s two sharing a pot, but one of them is taking over so it may soon be just one. It’s a Sarracenia hybrid, native to north America. And yes, it eats bugs. It is also in bloom! Those long stems coming up have flowers on the end, which are just starting to open here. There are EIGHT of them, which is frankly absurd. I was pleased to have this plant flower at all the past couple of years, pitcher plants are finicky and difficult things to care for, and all the other ones I had died, but these are thriving, for reasons I haven’t got a clue about.