Carnivorous Plants - Kew Pocketbook Gift Card The Tarnok pitcher plant blossom

The Tarnok pitcher plant blossom produces a dramatic green and red whirl of petals and sepals

Comments: L’Illustration Horticole was a Victorian era collaborative effort of the great horticulturists and field botanists of the day

This gives the plant a ghostly green and white appearance

Nectar glands around the lip attract many insects

Carnivorous Plants - Kew Pocketbook Gift Card The Tarnok pitcher plant blossomKew Pocketbooks: Carnivorous Plants By Chris Thorogood A lavishly illustrated introduction to meat eating plants. Fresh as a daisy, pretty as a rose: most plants are commonly characterized by their gentle beauty or delicate sensory qualities. Carnivorous plants, on the other hand, are quite literally out for blood. These beautiful yet deadly plants use their singular adaptationslike sweet nectar, mesmerizing colors, or biological restroom facilitiesto