Pitcher Cobra Lily California (Darlingtonia Californica) Nice Carnivorous Garden Plant 10 Seeds
Cobra Lily, also called the California Pitcher Plant, is a carnivorous plant which like other unique members of the Sarracenia family of plants, traps insects in its hollow tubular leaves as an additional source of "food". The cobra lily is unique among the three genera of 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. The cobra lily is able to survive fire by regenerating from its roots, but despite this important role the roots are very delicate organs. While the temperatures in much of the species's range can exceed 25 C, their roots die back after exposure to temperatures not much higher than 10 C. Temperature plays a large part in the functioning of all plants, but it is very rare for individual organs to have such different temperature tolerances.