Flower of Sarracenia flava in habitat (SE North Carolina, USA)

Close-up of a Sarracenia flava flower in the Green Swamp near Wilmington, NC, USA, April 28, 1995. The flower's style (the round part that you see) was about 6-7 cm (2.25 inches) across. The parent plant was growing among tall grasses with some scrub and small trees in the area. The soil was damp to the touch and was typical of the acidic sand/peat mix found in the swamp.

I took this photo with a Minolta Maxxum 7000 and an inexpensive set of macro lenses on Fuji 100 film. The negative was scanned directly onto a Kodak Photo CD.

Copyright 1995 by Philip Semanchuk. The photograph may be downloaded for private use and may be used by the ICPS or The Nature Conservancy provided proper credit is given. The photograph may not be used commercially or for publications without permission from Philip Semanchuk (bonz@nando.net).