Day 213: My friends call her "Audrey" after the plant in the movie "Little Shop of Horrors" (which I have yet to see, by the way). Sarracenia is putting up a total of three flowers this year, the third much slower to develop than these two. We're still a couple of weeks away from seeing this lovely carnivore's mysterious and beautiful blossom, and after she's enticed us with her flamboyant show, her pitchers will begin rising from the ground, hungry for mosquitoes and flies. When I trimmed back dead tips, I couldn't help but notice how well she'd guarded the back door. In the depths of each pitcher were dozens of husks, the indigestible portions of her meals.
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