🪴 Fascinating Insect Trap: The Sarracenia purpurea is an extraordinary carnivorous plant with pitcher-shaped leaves that attract and capture insects – an exciting natural wonder for plant enthusiasts. 🌞 Loves Sun & Moisture: Ideal for bright, sunny locations – thrives best in moist substrate that is kept slightly wet at all times. 💧 Sensitive to Tap Water: Use only rainwater or distilled water for watering to protect the sensitive root system. 🐜 Natural Pest Control: The pitchers serve as natural insect traps and help reduce flies and mosquitoes in the room. 🌱 Easy to Care for & Decorative: The Sarracenia purpurea is robust, low-maintenance, and ideal for windowsills, terrariums, or as an extraordinary plant in a bog garden. The Sarracenia purpurea, also known as the purple pitcher plant, is an impressive carnivorous plant from North America that amazes every observer with its deep purple, pitcher-shaped leaves. Its leaves are not only decorative but also serve as natural insect traps: the sweet nectar attracts flies and other small insects, which slide into the pitchers and are prevented from escaping by small hairs. This plant thrives particularly well in sunny locations and loves a consistently moist environment that mimics its natural habitat – the bogs and wetlands of North America. It is important to use only rainwater or distilled water, as lime-rich tap water damages the roots. The Sarracenia purpurea can be cultivated both indoors (e.g., on the windowsill or in a terrarium) and outdoors in a bog garden. It is also an exciting educational example for children and plant enthusiasts interested in carnivorous plants and biological mechanisms. Care Instructions: – Location: Sunny, bright – Substrate: Peaty, low-nutrient, permanently moist – Watering: Only with rain or distilled water, waterlogging desired – Humidity: High – Temperature: Room temperature to mildly frost-hardy – Feeding: Occasionally small insects (e.g., flies or ants) – Overwintering: Cool & bright, keep substrate slightly moist – Botanical Name: Sarracenia purpurea – German Name: Purple Pitcher Plant