Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia alata
with
Grass Pink Orchid
(Calopogon tuberosus) growing in background
Watson Preserve,
Tyler Co., Texas
18 May 2013
Pale Pitcher Plant
Pitcher Plant Trail
Big Thicket Preserve
6 October 2002
Mature pitchers 4-6 inches long, 1-2 inches wide at mouth. Yellow-green leaves with red veining. Flowering stalks generally 12-18 inches tall. Upper parts of flowering structure (sepals?) are initially greenish yellow, turning to bronze with prolonged exposure to sunlight; lower part of flowering structure (petals?) generally remain greenish yellow.
Plants are common throughout the sphagnum mat, but are most prominent in the open sections.
A Purple Pitcher Plant at Nicholas Farm Management Area.
Second or third day open. Don't have their characteristic "cat pee" smell yet. (other species smell better)
Sarraceniaceae is a family of pitcher plants (along with Nepenthaceae), belonging to order Ericales (previously Nepenthales).
