Nepenthes pitcher.

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  tony lockerbie

• Jan 17, 2015

Scary...but beautiful none the less.

 

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  naeroscatu

• Jan 17, 2015

This is would make a great intro for a horror movie; joke aside, great shot - love the exposure, very precise and hard to determine for a macro shot.

 

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  oolalajp

• Jan 17, 2015

that's spectacular and brings to mind some of mapplethorpe's images...

 

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  schrochem

• Jan 18, 2015

I love the detail of the 'ribs' or whatever they are called that surround the opening.

 

• removedacct1

• Jan 18, 2015

schrochem said:

I love the detail of the 'ribs' or whatever they are called that surround the opening.

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Thanks!Those raised ridges are often called "ribs", yes. The structure surrounding the opening (the circular ribbed lip) is called a peristome. Isn't botany miraculous sometimes?!By the way, it's is what this structure looked like when it was still living, fifteen months back: http://paulbardenroses.com/nepenthes/bosch.jpg

 

• rbergeman

• Jan 18, 2015

very nice b+w view of this plant -- the structure and texture really show off well thanks to the lighting and perspective .... and it's quite transformed from the color image (and much bigger than the bw led me to believe) ..... how come it died? cold snap?

 

• removedacct1

• Jan 18, 2015

rbergeman said:

very nice b+w view of this plant -- the structure and texture really show off well thanks to the lighting and perspective .... and it's quite transformed from the color image (and much bigger than the bw led me to believe) ..... how come it died? cold snap?

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Pitchers of this genus are relatively short-lived, last at most 10-14 months before being replaced by new ones. Some last only a few weeks at peak form.

 

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  winger

• Jan 18, 2015

The tones and detail are fantastic.

 

• removedacct1

• Jan 19, 2015

winger said:

The tones and detail are fantastic.

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I'm flattered - thank you very much.

 

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  Peter Rockstroh01

• May 14, 2015

Great image ! Is that a N. truncata ?