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Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

The Pitcher Plant and the Bee

This Memorial Day weekend I went for my first visit to the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden off of Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, North Carolina. I discovered an array of pitcher plants including the species pictured Sarrancenia Leucophylla. It was fascinating how many Bumble Bees or (Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae, Genus: Bombus, and unsure of this species?) were flying around the plants and even crawling into them. I began to wonder if the bees had a strictly mutualistic relationship with the pitcher plants acting solely as pollinators. Also, I saw quite a few bees get stuck in the tubes of the pitcher plant and it appeared that the pitcher plant could be acting as a predator to the bees. Were the pitcher plants luring them into their tubes to provide a source of mineral nutrients for the plant? After doing some research, I found that it is not evolutionarily beneficial for pitcher plants to consume their own pollinators, thus why they have two distinct parts for each function. The flowering part of the pitcher plant (shown in the background of the photo) is the part responsible for attracting pollinators. This Memorial Day weekend I went for my first visit to the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden off of Independence Boulevard in Wilmington, North Carolina. I discovered an array of pitcher plants including the species pictured Sarrancenia Leucophylla. It was fascinating how many Bumble Bees or (Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae, Genus: Bombus, and unsure of this species?) were flying around the plants and even crawling into them. I began to wonder if the bees had a strictly mutualistic relationship with the pitcher plants acting solely as pollinators. Also, I saw quite a few bees get stuck in the tubes of the pitcher plant and it appeared that the pitcher plant could be acting as a predator to the bees. Were the pitcher plants luring them into their tubes to provide a source of mineral nutrients for the plant? After doing some research, I found that it is not evolutionarily beneficial for pitcher plants to consume their own pollinators, thus why they have two distinct parts for each function. The flowering part of the pitcher plant (shown in the background of the photo) is the part responsible for attracting pollinators.

Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

Honey bee gathering nectar from Purple sage Salvia leucophylla flowers in spring, California

Honey bee gathering nectar from Purple sage Salvia leucophylla flowers in spring, California

Single White Pitcher Plant

Single White Pitcher Plant

Flowers - Rondeletia leucophylla

Flowers - Rondeletia leucophylla

Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

Closeup macro view of sarracenia leucophylla plant. Green insect consuming plant is growing in garden. Interesting botanical leafs

Garden: skink with pitcher plants

Garden: skink with pitcher plants

Panama rose flower

Panama rose flower over white background

Garden: Red pitcher plant flowers

Garden: Red pitcher plant flowers

Pitcher plants

Sarracenia leucophylla Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia leucophylla Pitcher Plant

Close-up of a Sarracenia leucophylla flower in a foreground with dark background

Close-up of a Sarracenia leucophylla flower in a foreground with dark background.

Pitcher Plant Flowers- Sarracenia leucophylla

Pitcher Plant Flowers- Sarracenia leucophylla

American Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia leucophylla, carnivorous; plant close up.

American Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia leucophylla, carnivorous; plant close up.

Sarracenia leucophylla,carnivore plant

Sarracenia leucophylla,carnivore plant

San luis purple sage

San luis purple sage

Crimson Pitcher Plant

Crimson Pitcher Plant

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