Cobra Plant

Did you know

• The nodding flowers are held on tall stalks high above the cobra-like pitcher leaves so pollinators are not trapped.
• Unlike most pitcher plants, the cobra plant does not use rainwater to drown prey; it generates its own liquid.
• The hooded pitchers have translucent patches that confuse trapped insects into flying into the walls rather than escaping.
• Cobra plants require cold running water over their roots, making them one of the hardest carnivorous plants to cultivate.
• This is the only species in the genus Darlingtonia, named after Philadelphia botanist William Darlington.

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Uses

• carnivorous plant collection
• bog garden
• botanical curiosity