> He claims that the plant had canoe-shaped leaves, long and thin
> with raised sides, which grew outward along the ground from a central
> rosette. The inner surface of the leaves (hollow of the canoe) had
> fine hairs which pointed toward the rosette--the surface was covered
> with these hairs. Ants would wander into the leaves and find that they
> could not walk in any direction besides toward the center of the
> rosette. Once there they would be trapped and digested.
Hi Perry,
I think he was describing _Sarracenia psittacina_. He was a bit
confused about the sides of the "canoe" being open at the top.
The program probably showed a *dissected* leaf that had been cut in
half for demonstration purposes.
Otherwise, this is a good description of both the trap mechanism and the
appearance of the hood. I had never noticed before, but S. psittacina
looks just like the bow of a canoe.
-- Rick