Bacteria facilitate prey retention by the pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica.

Correction to 'Bacteria facilitate prey retention by the pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica'.

Biology of Sarraceniopus darlingtoniae (Histiostomatidae: Astigmata), an obligatory inhabitant of the fluid-filled pitchers of Darlingtonia californica (Sarraceniaceae)

Darlingtonia californica is a carnivorous plant with a patchy distribution in coastal Oregon and northern California, USA. A number of arthropod species inhabit and exploit its fluid-filled pitchers; among these is a hististomatid mite, Sarraceniopus darlingtonia, an obligate inhabitant that feeds on the rich microbial growth associated with decomposing arthropods captured by the pitcher. Males...

The cost of carnivory for Darlingtonia californica (Sarraceniaceae): evidence from relationships among leaf traits.

Scaling relationships among photosynthetic rate, foliar nutrient concentration, and leaf mass per unit area (LMA) have been observed for a broad range of plants. Leaf traits of the carnivorous pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica, endemic to southern Oregon and northern California, USA, differ substantially from the predictions of these general scaling relationships; net photosynthetic rates ...

Chloropid flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) associated with pitcher plants in North America

We review the taxonomy and ecology of Chloropidae (Diptera) associated with pitcher plants (Sarraceniaceae) in North America. Tricimba wheeleri Mlynarek sp.n. is described from the pitchers of Sarracenia alata Alph.Wood and S. leucophylla Raf. in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Mississippi). Aphanotrigonum darlingtoniae (Jones) associated with Darlingtonia californica Torr. in northern...

Evidence for alternative trapping strategies in two forms of the pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana

Nepenthes pitchers are specialized leaves that function as insect traps. Several pitcher components may contribute to trapping, including the pitcher fluid, slippery wax crystals and downward-pointing epidermal cells on the inner pitcher wall, and the wetness-dependent pitcher rim (peristome), but the relative importance of these traits is unclear. Mechanisms of prey capture and retention in th...