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Pitcher Plant Collection

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant

Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant
Plate 42 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Nepenthes mirabilis, common swamp pitcher plant

Nepenthes mirabilis, common swamp pitcher plant
Plate 785 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Sarracenia purpurea ssp venos, purple pitcher plant

Sarracenia purpurea ssp venos, purple pitcher plant
A carnivorous plant attracting insects with sweet nectar on the top of the pitcher. The surface is slippery and the insects fall in. Unable to climb out, the prey is digested by enzymes

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Darlingtonia californica, California pitcherplant

Darlingtonia californica, California pitcherplant
Drawingby Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 134

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Nephenthes sp. pitcher plant

Nephenthes sp. pitcher plant
A carnivorous plant attracting insects with sweet nectar on the top of the pitcher. The surface is slippery and the insects fall in. Unable to climb out, the prey is digested by enzymes

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Sarracenia purpurea, pitcherplant

Sarracenia purpurea, pitcherplant
Drawing 9/2 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 135

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Nepenthes sp. pitcher plant

Nepenthes sp. pitcher plant
The carnivorous pitcher plant is abundant in degraded forest in Sri Lanka

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Sarracenia flava, trumpets

Sarracenia flava, trumpets
Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller 1691-1771 by Hazel Le Rougetel (1990) page 194. Drawing from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Background imagePitcher Plant Collection: Sarracenia flava, trumpet leaf

Sarracenia flava, trumpet leaf
Watercolour by William Young (1742- 1785), 1767. Original artwork held at the Natural History Museum, London


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