Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy: Que, Sarra, Sarracenia

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 24 2013, by Matt Newman

Who says florid beauty has to be limited to petals? The hood (or operculum) of this carnivorous pitcher plant holds its own quite well, I think. You’ll find some in our carnivorous plant collection in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, but now is the ideal time to see North American species thriving in the Native Plant Garden.

Sarracenia x areolata

Sarracenia x areolata — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen