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THE UBIQUITOUS, CARNIVOROUS COBRA LILY. GENUS DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA
Darlingtonia californica, commonly known as the Cobra Lily, is a carnivorous plant native to the USA where it occurs in Northern California and Oregon in bogs and seeps with running water.

The genus Darlingtonia contains only one species, Darlingtonia californica Torr. It is a pitfall pitcher plant related to Sarracenia and Heliamphora. It is remarkable because of the pair of appendages that are either described as fangs or a moustache. The name Cobra lily comes from its rounded head and fangs that have a cobra-like appearance..

Like all carnivorous pitfall trap plants, this plant has no moving parts. However, it is marvellously effective. It attracts prey by its colourful leaves that emit a honeylike scent. Prey land on the pitcher top or the fangs to feed on nectar. It is exuded in glistening abundance on the fangs, and as the insects forage they eventually crawl upwards towards the pitcher mouth. Since the pitcher top is set with countless glassy windows, light illuminates its interior and makes it so very appealing. Once insects enter the pitcher, they are in serious trouble because the escape route is hard to find. Meanwhile, the pitcher tube downwards is very easy to find. The pitcher tube is slick and adorned with downwards-pointing hairs. The prey plummets downwards and to its doom. The pitcher base is filled with fluid. No digestive enzymes have been detected in this plant; it apparently relies upon bacteria to do its digestion for it.

Pitchers are normally to some 60 cm but on occasions can grow to 1.2 metres in their natural setting. The plant produces pendant bell-like flowers with a that are borne on a stalk up to 1 metre high. The sepals are yellow with a red corolla.

Cobra Lily commonly grows on sphagnum or poor peat soils and gravel from sea level to about 2500 metres is primarily found in the bright sunshine of open bogs. It prefers bright light but not full sunlight. It is best grown in living sphagnum moss, but can be grown in a mixture of peat moss and perlite if live sphagnum is not available. A cool moist root run is essential. It can take temperatures down to 0*C and as high as 35*C.

Cobra Lily seeds need a damp cold stratification for 4 weeks before they will germinate. If you plan on keeping the plants in a terrarium for an extended period, you may start the seeds at any time. If you live in an area where Darlingtonia can be grown outside unprotected year round, consider starting the seeds in pots outside during the winter.

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