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Description:
Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, the red-throated yellow pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant that ranges from southern Alabama, through N. Florida and Georgia, to the coastal plains of southern Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The yellow pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is a vibrant yellow in color, and can grow up to over a 3 feet in height. The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. The upper regions of the pitcher are covered in short, stiff, downwards-pointing hairs, which serve to guide insects alighting on the upper portions of the leaf towards the opening of the pitcher tube. The opening of the pitcher tube is retroflexed into a 'nectar roll' or peristome, whose surface is studded with nectar-secreting glands to attract its unsuspecting prey!

Artist Note:
If I had not taken this photo myself, I wouldn’t think it actually existed - almost like a landscape from another planet!  It had an otherworldly beauty as if you were waking up and not quite sure of what is reality and what is a dream.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been so this excited about a location - this place is truly a hidden gem! Very few people ever get to see the untouched beauty of a pitcher plant bog like this, so I’m inspired, yet conflicted, to show off these rare and natural wonders, while at the same time, preserving them.