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Cobra Lily Looking Absolutely Menacing in the Cool Corner of My Greenhouse

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My Darlingtonia californica (aka Cobra Lily) pot is absolutely killing it on the far north side of the …
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December 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Kooky cobras

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This population was very surprising. Typically Darlingtonia grows in slow flowing seeps but these guys were colonizing the edge of this intensely fast flowing creek. Though atypical for the species this was still an amazing find …
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This population was very surprising. Typically Darlingtonia grows in slow flowing seeps but these guys were colonizing the edge of this intensely fast flowing
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December 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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I already have the combo. Ophrys Scorpio + a discard is now Stapelia + this guy in the scale, which is basically a one sided skill drain. We still die to Droll and Nib, but we don't have to run Darlingtonia Cobra anymore.
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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WE NO LONGER HAVE TO RUN DARLINGTONIA COBRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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New supports for "Predaplant"!
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December 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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A very happy birthday to my wonderful wife!

Here is an amazing card our 16 year old daughter drew for her. (Wife has a triffid farm in the greenhouse.)

#CarnivorousPlants
Coloured pencil drawing of carnivorous plants: Sarracenia, Darlingtonia and Venus Fly Traps labelled "Happy Birthday Mum!!"
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Darlingtonia californica “is unique among the three genera of North American pitcher plants. It does not trap rainwater in its pitcher. Instead, it regulates the level of water inside physiologically by releasing or absorbing water into the trap that has been pumped up from the roots.”
🌱 #bloomsky
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Darlingtonia californica, a species of carnivorous pitcher plant, native to Northern California and Western Oregon.

A plate from my copy of North American Wild Flowers by naturalist and botanical artist Mary Vaux Walcott, published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1925. 🐡 #sciart
An illustration of a pitcher plant with four green, vertical tubes with violet highlights. There is also a central stem with a violet flower at the end. #bloomsky #nativeflowers #nativeplants
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Darlingtonia californica, a species of carnivorous pitcher plant, native to Northern California and Western Oregon.

A plate from my copy of North American Wild Flowers by naturalist and botanical artist Mary Vaux Walcott, published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1925. 🐡 #sciart
An illustration of a pitcher plant with four green, vertical tubes with violet highlights. There is also a central stem with a violet flower at the end. #bloomsky #nativeflowers #nativeplants
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Pumpkin Spice Darlingtonia Californica
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Darlingtonia State Natural Site, OR
February, 2024
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The only state park in Oregon dedicated to a single plant, this short nature walk takes you into a small bog filled with carnivorous Pitcher Plants (Darlingtonia californica). These hooded cobra-like plants supplement themselves with insects as they grow in nutrient deficient soils along the coast.
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Darlingtonia Nature Trail
Florence, Oregon

Nature Trail, ~0.2 mi loop
No elevation gain
Hiked 3/25/25

Flickr Album flic.kr/s/aHBqjCzYqT

#PitcherPlants #OregonCoast #Darlingtonia #bog #hiking #photography
A couple of pitcher plants growing in a bog like cobras waiting to strike, with a few types of ferns and other vegetation growing among them. Photo of signpost describing Darlingontia plants, reads: These cobra-like plants, Darlingtonia californica, are found natively in the bog areas of Northern California and Southwestern Oregon. They flower in May or June with hanging blooms of yellow and red and produce up to a dozen leaves per plant. Erect seed pods remain most of the summer. Insects are lured into the leaf opening under the hood by nectar on the colorful ‘petal-like’ appendages and the edges of the opening. Once inside the hood the insects become confused by the many transparent areas in the upper parts of the leaves which appear as exits. Keeping a foothold on the glassy smooth upper surface of the tube is difficult and eventually the insects are trapped in the lower tube by sharp downward pointing hairs. After falling into a pool of liquid at the base of the leaf, the captive is digested and absorbed as food through the plants thin lower walls. Diagram on left shows the various parts of the plant, starting top to bottom reads: Flower -yellow sepals -red petals Leaf -transparent window -forked appendages -leaf tube -downward pointing hairs -digestive enzymes A small field of Darlingtonia californica (Pitcher plants) growing in a bog. A collection of smaller pitcher plants growing in the more shaded area of the bog. Unsure of whether these were younger or if they were smaller and greener due to reduced sunlight.
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Nightmarish as pitcher plants might seem, there's evidence that they give back to the insect communities they feed on. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
New research suggests this carnivorous Darlingtonia californica pitcher plant acts as both a friend and a foe to local insect populations. CREDIT: NoahElhardt via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | CC BY-SA
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Tattoo flash from class. Ignore the big empty space in the middle 🫶
Tattoo flash sheet with pen and ink, shaded drawings of an aspen grove, coho salmon, an apple, a pepper, pacific lamprey, aquatic plant, Iris tenax, medieval serpent holding a mushroom in its mouth, russula, chanterelle, and small unidentified mushrooms, darlingtonia californica pitchers, and a blooming lamb’s ear
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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New research suggests this carnivorous Darlingtonia californica pitcher plant acts as both a friend and a foe to local insect populations. NoahElhardt via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | CC BY-SA
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Darlingtonia

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Some of you may remember that rodents destroyed my outdoor cobra even though it was in a chicken wire protective cage. This is my ‘backup’ that was growing in a basement terrarium. Just repotted into this larger net pot. It …
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Some of you may remember that rodents destroyed my outdoor cobra even though it was in a chicken wire protective cage.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🕸 Happy Halloween from the bog 🕸
Nepenthes 'Song of Melancholy' x 'Dreaming Best' pitcher Cephalotus follicularis pitchers Darlingtonia pitchers Dionaea Muscipula 'Belzebub' traps
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Darlingtonia californica that arrived last Saturday, pic taken today.

I've been avoiding them for all these years until now due to their tricky reputation.

Looks like it may be dormant atm. I love how it came already looking like a nest full of tiny cobras. And the one weirdly opaque pitcher. 🤍
Darlingtonia californica that arrived last Saturday, pic taken today.
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Got to see some Cobra Lily this week! Darlingtonia californica
a photo of a bog filled with a green pitcher plant with a hooded top. Each stalk is about a foot tall and has small brown speckles throughout.
October 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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It is overcast in war-torn Portland. My carnivorous plants have made it safely through the roofing work, though the planter box gained a few scars from being right next to the dumpster. It's quiet around here today, maybe a little too quiet.
Photo of a cluster of young Darlingtonia californica pitcher plants. More commonly known as Cobra pitcher plants. These Darlingtonia grew from seeds in my garden and are at least 2 years old. They're probably no taller than 2 inches right now. Photo of a garden planter box with a cluster of green and red venus flytraps ain the foreground, and a burgundy red venus flygrap in the background under a Sarracenia pitcher plant.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Major congrats to our lab’s first PhD recipient, Nonno Hasegawa. Her work on the population genetics of Darlingtonia will help us better manage and protect the objectively coolest plant on earth
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I bought these wood blocks at an art show. They are 2 of the 8 created by Christy Turner. I never saw the others.

Sipping coffee while laying them out.

Damn.

Caution, little butterfly. Now’s the time to know the difference between what feeds you and what eats you.
#stunday #EKC #resist
Photo of 2 wood block carvings. The background is red. One is of a swallowtail butterfly, the other is of Darlingtonia californica, aka pitcher plant or cobra lily
September 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Cobra Lillies at Darlingtonia Wayside, Oregon coast.
September 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Beautiful. My town has a Darlingtonia Nature Area/Preserve. I love these guys.
September 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The carnivorous Darlingtonia Californica flowering, May of this year near Florence, OR
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Flowers droop down from long, thin stems among the pod like Darlingtonia leafs. A brown wooden sign with a diagram showing the parts of the Darlingtonia plant, and the following message: DARLINGTONIA These cobra-like plants, Darlingtonia Californica, are found natively in the bog areas of Northern California and Southwestern Oregon. They flower in May or June with hanging blooms of yellow and red and produce up to a dozen leaves per plant. Erect seed pods remain most of the summer. Insects are lured into the leaf opening under the hood by nectar on the colorful "petal-like" appendages and the edges of the opening. Once inside the hood the insects become confused by the many transparent areas in the upper parts of the leaves which appear as exits. Keeping a foothold on the glassy smooth upper surface of the tube is difficult and eventually the insects are trapped in the lower tube by sharp downward pointing hairs. After falling into a pool of liquid at the base of the leaf, the captive is digested and absorbed as food through the plants thin lower walls.
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM