Darlintonia Californica

The buttons on this page refer to photo's of my Darlingtonia californica.


Plant or snake?.
photo 1 The "cobra lily" as this plant is aptly called. Not a strange name if you see this picture. photo 2 The entrance to its trap is in front of the tongue, underneath the dome.
photo 3 Once in the dome, the only exit is trough the entrance. However, in the roof of the dome there's windows. Escape seems easy. photo 4 None the less, the windows are shut. Like against the kitchen window they'll fly untill exhausted. Dropping down in the pitcher, death immanent.
photo 5 This picture clearly shows how its name was formed. photo 6 The entrance to the trap. It clearly shows the almost luminescent windows.
photo 7 Springtime! This picture reveals a flower emerging from my cobra lily. photo 8 Yep! A flower!
photo 9 And there it is! photo 10 A picture of the complete plant.

More pictures of pitchers.
photo 9 photo 10 photo 12 photo 11