Sarracenia are carnivorous pitcher plants, grown for their unique modified leaves rather than for th

Sarracenia are carnivorous pitcher plants, grown for their unique modified leaves rather than for their flowers. Carnivory and proto-carnivory are some of the most perplexing and intriguing evolutions in the botanical realm, often presenting unique habitats for other animals and microbiota. From a Nepenthes which enjoy meals of shrew scat to a Utricularia which is partially herbivorous, they excite the imagination. It ought to come as no surprise that Sarracenia blossoms would be quite strange as well, with a peculiar rearrangement of its flower structures designed to force a pollinating insect into navigating a maze in order to get nectar/pollen rewards and exit the flower. This flower is from a complex hybrid of incompletely known heritage, but is pretty typical for flowers of this genus.